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Ah right. Didn't realise the panel of 3 was independent. Figured they were UCI payed doctors.
Isn't there issue surrounding one doctor, zorzil, was reading about that the other day.
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Dr Mario Zorzoli, former head of the UCI Medical Commission.
There were rumours he was collaborating with teams to avoid doping positives, so was suspended, but CIRC looked into this and no evidence was found that corroborated this, so he was reinstated. He left the UCI last year.
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idn't realise the panel of 3 was independent. Figured they were UCI payed doctors.
Isn't there issue surrounding one doctor, zorzil,
Mario Zorzoli was paid by UCI to
checkrubber stamp TUEs on his own in the olden days, they have now moved to the WADA approved method of an independent panel of three.
andyp
gbj_tester
They are. The athlete, or his representative, submits the TUE application to the TUEC which is a panel of 3 independent doctors. They inspect the application, which gives the medical history relevant to the application as well as the treatment recommended by the athlete's doctor, and they decide whether or not it should be accepted. They can ask for additional evidence if they're not sure, either a more detailed medical history or additional tests.