US swim star Hardy fights drugs test
Published Date:
26 July 2008
By larry fine
UNITED States swimmer Jessica Hardy protested her innocence over a positive doping test threatening to derail her Olympics.
"It's heartbreaking and devastating," the 21-year-old said.
"In my heart I know I'm 100 per cent clean and I've never done anything different my whole career. I've been clean my whole career and to have this huge setback ... it's just really heartbreaking."
Hardy's attorney, Howard Jacobs, said the swimmer had tested positive for the stimulant clenbuterol after her second doping test at the US Olympic swimming trials earlier this month.
Her first and third doping tests that same week both came back negative.
Hardy said she was bewildered by the test result. "I have my attorneys and my experts looking into it, but honestly we have no idea how this positive test happened," she said.
The swimmer, who qualified to compete in the 100 metres breaststroke and 50m freestyle, said she still held out hope she could clear herself in time to compete in Beijing.
The full article contains 172 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
25 July 2008 10:27 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
