I’m innocent’ – Australian Olympic track star Peter Bol fails drugs test

I’m innocent’ – Australian Olympic track star Peter Bol fails drugs test Off-White Arrow credit-@google

[{"selector":"#anim-f97ed31f-9eee-4916-a3b3-ef700002355d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-3.552713678800501e-15%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-796d6032-ea80-41e2-8dcd-481b8ef70dfd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d9f814f3-2e46-4766-80cd-356bfe473d92","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.92356%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ad9676fd-74f6-441a-a47f-a4b4da4c0203","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4e8bcf4f-ecd6-4457-9ea5-1bb1cb379aa8","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Australian Olympic track star Peter Bol said he was innocent and “in total shock” Friday after being provisionally suspended for failing an out-of-competition drugs test Off-White Arrow credit-@google

[{"selector":"#anim-d00c2d2c-fbaa-4522-babf-c6a5e7c600f0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0.3571428581459273%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1cd002c8-54b2-432b-bc57-c3d5b470876a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3ac851d1-3cd8-4235-89fd-f9a1429ca25b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.92356%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-edb91b85-ac03-4af2-952c-3acd7fb497d4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1065cf1d-2faf-48ef-8ed4-64246a1f8214","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] The 800-metre runner, who narrowly missed bronze when he finished fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics behind Kenyan winner Emmanuel Korir, returned the positive result on January 10 Off-White Arrow credit-@google

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[{"selector":"#anim-37cfc5f8-8963-4b76-9222-b090c082f8e5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-1.1111111151564188%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fd1a5f1e-abb8-4322-a775-2b3de2670367","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4e88ea1d-2c61-4180-a763-14fa32b820de","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.92356%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f7f7e63a-a8e0-43b9-8b78-f1d9d9481f21","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f30d0aea-5747-4519-9bfe-5938279d159b","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] It is critically important to convey with the strongest conviction that I am innocent and have not taken this substance as I am accused,” the Sudan-born Bol, a silver medallist at last year’s Commonwealth Games, said on social media Off-White Arrow credit-@google

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