Today's testing might show these things to be drug-free, but who knows what tomorrow's (or next year's) testing will show? If they find something illegal in these things 30 days after the olympics, could they retroactively retract medals from winners who used these patches at the olympics?
I assume that these things are going to attract serious scrutiny for quite a while. It just doesn't seem worth the risk today of losing medals until these are tested beyond reproach.
Today's testing might show these things to be drug-free, but who knows what tomorrow's (or next year's) testing will show? If they find something illegal in these things 30 days after the olympics, could they retroactively retract medals from winners who used these patches at the olympics?
I assume that these things are going to attract serious scrutiny for quite a while. It just doesn't seem worth the risk today of losing medals until these are tested beyond reproach.
