naresh wrote: First world countries are legal taking drugs and they calling it Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE's). They constantly breaking the rules. Look no further than Chris Froome and the Sky Team. They are getting away with impunity.
On 13 December 2017, the UCI announced that Froome had returned an "Adverse Analytical Finding" (AAF) for above his allowed dose of salbutamol, an asthma medication. Both the A and B samples revealed urinary salbutamol concentration in excess of the 1000-1200ng/mL threshold of "therapeutic use",[168]. The threshold for Salbutamol is 1000 ng/mL and the decision limit, taking into account measurement uncertainty, is 1200 ng/mL.[169] The test was taken after stage 18 of the Vuelta a España. In a statement, Froome commented: "My asthma got worse at the Vuelta so I followed the team doctor’s advice to increase my salbutamol dosage. As always, I took the greatest care to ensure that I did not use more than the permissible dose."[170] Under new WADA rules, a compensation has been made for urine concentration and dehydration, under which Froome’s level has been lowered to 1,429 ng/mL rather than 2,000 ng/mL.
Following the leaking of test results to the Guardian and Le Monde newspapers, the newspaper article stated that ' [this] ...threatens to damage his reputation as one of Britain’s most successful athletes.' His team were asked to explain the high levels of the drug revealed in the test, and if not adequately explained it would have resulted in a ban from the sport.
In February 2018 David Brailsford defended Froome saying "For me, there’s no question, he’s done nothing wrong – no question, no question, no question." He went on to say that he believed Froome was innocent and that he felt the case shouldn't have been made public.
On 2 July 2018, the UCI officially closed the investigation into Froome, stating that the rider had supplied sufficient evidence to suggest that "Mr Froome’s sample results do not constitute an AAF".INNOCENT
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