Kolo Toure fails Drug Test

[Alex]

Apparently its from his wife's diet pills. It'll be something and nothing, probably serve a one month ban from the club and it'll all be done with.

I don't like in the country how we all love to see people fall from grace. Everyone glad this has happened to the guy. He is hardly offensive, and has just made a stupid mistake.

[Drago]

Only Kolo Toure would be caught taking something that neither improves your performance nor gets you high.

[Maxiedge]

Kolo Toure? High levels of testosterone and adrenalin? Surely not?...

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[badpiggy]

BBC News are suggesting a "specified substance" is a WADA term referring to substances that occur naturally in the body. If that's so then Toure's level is abnormally high. There may be a satisfactory explanation for it.

To clarify, a "specified substance" isn't necessarily naturally-occurring but is "more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation" according to WADA.

In other words it could be an unusually high level of something like testosterone or adrenalin or it could be something found in an otherwise innocent product, like ephedrine in a cold remedy.

And to think some people say that knowing about cycling has no application in the real world

[Neil Young]

Actually I got it from two news reports but yeah, following pro cycling you do get to learn about some of the intricacies of the seamier side.

[dom9]

Only Kolo Toure would be caught taking something that neither improves your performance nor gets you high.

and Rudo.