"White has admitted that the urine sample she gave at the US Championships in Palo Alto, California, in June has revealed traces of modafinil - the same drug that was discovered in the sample taken two months later after her 100 metres triumph in Paris. The American claims the drug was prescribed for an hereditary sleeping disorder but admits she failed to notify the anti-doping authorities in advance because she had no idea it was a banned drug."
http://www.sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/10/19/soathl19.xml&sSheet=/sport/2003/10/19/ixsport.html In answer to Steve's post, Bailey was asked if it was a masking agent at the time and he ducked and weaved after he was asked and said possibly. The first line of defence was narcolepsy. Phillips ruined that. The second line of defence was the 6 hour time zone change that was helped by the heretofore not banned substance. I don't know what the new defence will be given the positives at Nats but looking forward to it with amused anticipation. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Another interesting thing about this week's revelations (or "hints") is > that in going back and re-testing samples collected this summer for the > newly identified THG, they also came up with a a handful of positives > for Modafinil! > What wasn't explained was why these didn't turn up positive the first > time around. They didn't say anything about the UCLA test lab developing a new > Modafinil testing protocol- they've been too busy working on the THG stuff. > > So what's going on with Modafinil? Kelli White got caught in Paris. Her > argument that it's for narcolepsy, which runs in her family, was pretty weak > and all the indicators were that she was gonna lose her appeal. > NOW what's up? Is there an epidemic of narcolepsy among track & field > athletes? Maybe instead of being genetic, it's CONTAGIOUS!!! HORRORS!!! > > Here's an idea. > We all know that White was frequenting that clinic up in the Bay area that > is the center of this bruhaha. > Has anybody considered that THG, while supposedly clearing your system > in 7 days but giving you benefits for 7 months, might also produce lingering > trace chemical compositions which make it LOOK like Modafinil? > > OR....could Modafinil be used as some kind of masking agent for THG, > with a simple narcolepsy 'declaration' all that's needed to cover your buns > (which White forgot to declare)? > > Just wondering... > > Also, if Conte's lab is the super-lab that everybody's suspecting, you don't > think that TGH is the ONLY thing they've come up with do you? > I suspect that Modafinil or something that structurally LOOKS like > Modafinil is kicking around somewhere on Conte's list of supposedly > 'undetectable' miracle cures. > > RT
