Bol has denied ever taking a prohibited substance, and that chimes with everything Australia thought it knew about him. But now his reputation hangs in the balance

It is hard to know what to think, what to believe, what to expect. Given the controversy and conjecture surrounding Australian Olympic hero Peter Bol’s positive test for synthetic erythropoietin (EPO), it is helpful to begin with a few facts.

At 4.51pm on an otherwise uneventful Friday in mid-January, Athletics Australia issued a statement that threatens to forever tarnish Bol’s reputation: EPO had been found in an out-of-competition anti-doping sample he gave in October. His fate now hangs in the balance while a B sample is tested.

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