Amy Van Dyken

This is from gary hall jr.'s website www.garyhalljr.com (I find this to be immature and out of line): Gary writes: Hundreds of news organizations throughout the world including CNN, ESPN, and Knight Ridder Publications report that BALCO laboratory president Victor Conte and his company stand accused of producing the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG, a charge Conte has denied. An investigation is currently underway that already has one Olympic gold medal swimmer involved. Amy Van Dyken was called to testify before the U.S. federal grand jury alongside athletes that have tested positive for the previously undetectable designer steroid THG. THG is a synthetic form of testosterone and has reportedly been detected in the urine samples of a number of track and field athletes and members of the Oakland Raiders football team. Swiminfo.com posted the announcement that van Dyken was called to testify and then removed the article one day later. Sources tell me that Amy's father called the publication threatening to sue the news source for inaccurately reporting the same information that has been plastered across news publications around the world. It may be premature to say, "Amy van Dyken! She's a cheater!" but her being called to testify does raise suspicion. These athletes being called in to testify, if they are clean, owe us an explanation as to why they are part of this investigation. Published articles state that that "Van Dyken, who reportedly was also a client of Conte's, is a close friend of Bill Romanowski, one of the Oakland Raiders who reportedly tested positive for THG." Amy declines comment on her relationship with Conte and her father threatens to sue Swiminfo for reporting world wide news? Further suspicion. To be fair, I will hold judgment until the investigation is complete. I simply want to know what her involvement is. Declining comment only makes things look worse. I would think that taking her position into consideration she would want to offer some explanation as to why she is involved in these federal grand jury hearings regarding illegal performance enhancing drugs. Women's Sports Foundation's "Sportwoman of the Year", shouldn't she be sportsmanlike and come clean to her fellow swimmers with information on her involvement? If she is innnocent, she needs to tell her story if for nothing else than to salvage her reputation and defend herself from these stories that make her look guilty as hell. If she is guilty, then she needs to start by offering an apology to the swimming community and rest of the world that she has lied to. The investigation is not over and it will reveal it's findings soon enough. I invite Amy to tell her side of the story here on my web site.

This is from gary hall jr.'s website www.garyhalljr.com (I find this to be immature and out of line): Gary writes: Hundreds of news organizations throughout the world including CNN, ESPN, and Knight Ridder Publications report that BALCO laboratory president Victor Conte and his company stand accused of producing the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG, a charge Conte has denied. An investigation is currently underway that already has one Olympic gold medal swimmer involved. Amy Van Dyken was called to testify before the U.S. federal grand jury alongside athletes that have tested positive for the previously undetectable designer steroid THG. THG is a synthetic form of testosterone and has reportedly been detected in the urine samples of a number of track and field athletes and members of the Oakland Raiders football team. Swiminfo.com posted the announcement that van Dyken was called to testify and then removed the article one day later. Sources tell me that Amy's father called the publication threatening to sue the news source for inaccurately reporting the same information that has been plastered across news publications around the world. It may be premature to say, "Amy van Dyken! She's a cheater!" but her being called to testify does raise suspicion. These athletes being called in to testify, if they are clean, owe us an explanation as to why they are part of this investigation. Published articles state that that "Van Dyken, who reportedly was also a client of Conte's, is a close friend of Bill Romanowski, one of the Oakland Raiders who reportedly tested positive for THG." Amy declines comment on her relationship with Conte and her father threatens to sue Swiminfo for reporting world wide news? Further suspicion. To be fair, I will hold judgment until the investigation is complete. I simply want to know what her involvement is. Declining comment only makes things look worse. I would think that taking her position into consideration she would want to offer some explanation as to why she is involved in these federal grand jury hearings regarding illegal performance enhancing drugs. Women's Sports Foundation's "Sportwoman of the Year", shouldn't she be sportsmanlike and come clean to her fellow swimmers with information on her involvement? If she is innnocent, she needs to tell her story if for nothing else than to salvage her reputation and defend herself from these stories that make her look guilty as hell. If she is guilty, then she needs to start by offering an apology to the swimming community and rest of the world that she has lied to. The investigation is not over and it will reveal it's findings soon enough. I invite Amy to tell her side of the story here on my web site.