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This is the heart of the matter: the testing process is a long way from fullproof as it is. There is no guarantee the cheats will get caught, as the retro-testing of 2008 and 2012 Olympics demonstrates. If you start missing tests then your confidence in an athlete is only eroded further. At the end of the day I view people that have missed tests and been sanctioned, like Bauge, like Ohurunga (Sp?), like Rio Ferdinand as drug cheats. It's hard then to see what has happened with Lizzie and view it any other way, rightly or wrongly.
her reasons for the missed tests may be legit, but the manner it has come to light, the involvement of BC, the statements from her, the timing, it just feels all wrong.