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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Mike Hytner

Olympian Peter Bol’s provisional doping suspension lifted after B sample test returned

Peter Bol strongly denied he had ever taken any banned substance and requested a B sample be analysed, as per Australian national anti-doping policy guidelines.
Peter Bol strongly denied he had ever taken any banned substance and requested a B sample be analysed, as per Australian national anti-doping policy guidelines. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

Peter Bol, whose athletics career was in the balance after failing an out of competition doping test last year, has had his provisional ban lifted after a B sample did not match the original A sample, but Sport Integrity Australia will continue its investigations into the matter.

Bol, who finished fourth in the 800m at the Tokyo Olympics, was provisionally suspended by Athletics Australia in January after a urine test showed signs of synthetic EPO, a performance-enhancing agent that is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned list.

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