Mike,

That was my understanding of the situation. I didn't mean to imply
that Sachenbacher, or any other of the athletes who received a short
ban at Turin were guilty of blood doping. The fasterskier article
gives that impression & this is incorrect.

Jim, thanks for reminding me about the Austrian team outcome. I
remember now, I had just forgotten about it.

The sad fact is that drugs in sport is very prevalent & we are
getting to a situation where you think that any winner is a cheat.

Peter.

--- In nordicscotland@..., "michael_drmn" <mike@...>
wrote:
>
> I think its just jumping to the conclusion that the high haemoglobin
> was due to blood doping, which is a fairly reasonable assumption to
make.
>
> Its only a short ban because they can't prove that blood doping was
> undertaken, but its incredibly unlikely that anyone would have that
> high a concentration legitimately.
>
> Anyone with better knowledge of these things, feel free to
contradict me.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In nordicscotland@..., "Peter Thorn" <peter@>
wrote:
> >
> > I was a bit confused by the article as it says that Evi
Sachenbacher
> > was caught for doping at the Turin Olympics. I just thought she
was one
> > of several athletes given s short 5 day ban because their
hemoglobin
> > levels were too high. I haven't heard that she was caught doping
since
> > then. However if what the article says is true then it casts a
big
> > cloud over the whole German team. Like you I hope it isn't true.
> >
> > I never heard the outcome of what happened to the Austria team
after
> > they got raided by the italian police at Turin. My sources say
their
> > team quarters resembled a clinical laboratory.
> >
> > All very sad, it is the sort of thing that will drive people away
from
> > sport if they believe that most athletes are cheating.
> >
> > Peter.
> >
>