Hardy linked to supplement company

Looks like a scapegoating tactics by Jessica Hardy and her team. Here's more on the banned 'Clenbuterol '. www.signonsandiego.com/.../20080725-9999-1s25olyswim.html Clenbuterol is listed under banned anabolic agents, which build muscle and hasten recovery. It also possesses stimulant qualities and is sometimes prescribed to asthma patients. Another benefit: Some steroid experts claim that Clenbuterol, if taken orally, generally clears the body in four days – and perhaps less if smaller doses are ingested. “It has faster clearance than any of the anabolic steroids, and it's an anabolic substance,” BALCO doping guru Victor Conte said. “It will accelerate healing and tissue. It could also be used as a stimulant but would more likely be used between events to enhance recovery.” blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/.../kirk_blasts_dopetest_timeline.html Bremerton swimmer Tara Kirk, citing "incompetence, laziness and deceit" among those responsible for dope-testing swimmers and establishing the U.S. Olympic team, today vowed to petition for what she says is her her rightful spot on the Beijing squad in light of a reported positive doping test by swimmer Jessica Hardy, who finished ahead of Kirk in the Olympic Trials.

Looks like a scapegoating tactics by Jessica Hardy and her team. Here's more on the banned 'Clenbuterol '. www.signonsandiego.com/.../20080725-9999-1s25olyswim.html Clenbuterol is listed under banned anabolic agents, which build muscle and hasten recovery. It also possesses stimulant qualities and is sometimes prescribed to asthma patients. Another benefit: Some steroid experts claim that Clenbuterol, if taken orally, generally clears the body in four days – and perhaps less if smaller doses are ingested. “It has faster clearance than any of the anabolic steroids, and it's an anabolic substance,” BALCO doping guru Victor Conte said. “It will accelerate healing and tissue. It could also be used as a stimulant but would more likely be used between events to enhance recovery.” blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/.../kirk_blasts_dopetest_timeline.html Bremerton swimmer Tara Kirk, citing "incompetence, laziness and deceit" among those responsible for dope-testing swimmers and establishing the U.S. Olympic team, today vowed to petition for what she says is her her rightful spot on the Beijing squad in light of a reported positive doping test by swimmer Jessica Hardy, who finished ahead of Kirk in the Olympic Trials.