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Old 12-02-15, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by tetonrider
and that administration doesn't materially add to the cost?
@Hermes -- did your wife have to get into the whole testing pool to go for her (national? world?) record? i read about that for some hour record participants; not sure if it applied to her. wasn't inexpensive.

enthalpic, is the main difference that our amateur samples are essentially one-offs, vs longitudinal tracking of the pros?

i thought there were special labs, proper chain of command, and a whole bunch of other things going on, but perhaps that is just simply what every industry does to make outsiders think things are far more complex than what is really going on.
No, masters' records do not require a biological passport. She had the standard urine test after she broke the record. The test was several hundred dollars. There is no blood test at races. The biological passport program, which costs EURO 7,500 requires blood draws to determine hematocrit and other metrics. Those metrics are monitored and changes may indicate the athlete is doping. With the passport program comes where abouts testing where one has to keep USADA informed of ones location and USADA shows up frequently to test the athlete.

At this event, the USADA person followed her around right after she broke the record until she provided them with a urine sample. At masters road nationals, where she won the TT championship, USADA had a board on the road next to their tent and if your number was on the board, you had to provide a urine sample. She had to provide another urine sample. Both tests were negative but took several weeks to get the results.

With more testing, we will all have to watch what we eat and no food supplements. Guys will have to give up their ExtenZe.
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