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IOC Planing To Retest Beijing Olympic Blood Samples

IOC Planing To Retest Beijing Olympic Blood Samples

PARIS, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Blood samples taken at the Beijing Olympics are to be reanalyzed for the banned blood booster EPO using a new detection system developed for the Tour de France, the IOC announced Wednesday.
The retroactive controls are designed to seek out the presence of the [...]

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