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German
Dressage News
Doping Case Rusty, a "Slip of the Eye"?
July 7, 2003
 More
news on the Rusty doping case is being unveiled. The
FEI, the international equestrian federation, claimed
that Rusty's blood test indicated 44.2 nanograms of
testosterone per milliliter, while the allowed threshold
level is 20 nanograms. According to Salzgeber's lawyer
Walz, Rusty carried 4.2 nanograms testosterone in his
blood.
The FEI is waiting for the B-test, a confirmation test
of the blood sample and urine test that was taken at
the World Cup Finals in Goteborg. Walz is confident
that Ulla Salzgeber will be riding in the 2003 European
Dressage Championships in August.
On 14 March, 2003, Rusty was treated Testosterone-Proprionat
for a skin disease Following the lab results of a urine
sample taken at the World Cup Finals in Goteborg, Sweden,
in April, Rusty has been proclaimed positive to doping
by the FEI.
Image copyrighted: Dirk
Caremans
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