In time for CAS, Dr Arnie Baker releases updated ‘Landis v the liars’ book

Later today the Court of Arbitration for Sport will deliver its verdict in the Floyd Landis case [he lost]. Even if cleared [he wasn't], Landis will for ever be a doper to many [not to me]. That’s partly because the many don’t tend to read around the subject [I did, I know far more about spectrometers than I ever thought possible].

For those that do like to read around the subject the name of Dr Arnie Baker will be familiar. He’s a good friend of Floyd Landis and was shocked by the way his case was handled, especially the way the science was handled.

Last year he wrote a book about the affair, documenting the ‘wiki defense’. This has now been updated and ought to raise concerns from anybody who truly wants to root out drugs in sport.



“I showed, in roughly 60 scientific arguments, how the LNDD laboratory was sloppy and failed to meet basic scientific standards,” says Dr Baker in an email.

“I showed how the LNDD laboratory never even identified testosterone in Floyd’s urine according to minimum, established WADA standards.

“The CAS hearing has provided new, relevant, and significant information.”

This information has been placed in Baker’s revised book, available as a free download. There are more than 100 new pages.

Here’s Baker’s synopsis:

They Lied
· There is evidence of scientific misconduct/malfeasance.
· Vanishing acts: Records have disappeared.
· Magical appearances: Documents appear to have been fabricated.
· False statements: USADA, its experts, and the lab appear to have repeatedly made false statements.

My opinion and belief is based on more than two dozen apparently fraudulent/fabricated documents and frankly-false statements.

I document the evidence, comparing the at-issue LNDD/USADA statement or document side-by-side with the proof of fraud, false, or self-contradictory statement.

They Botched the Test in the First Place
The report is so full of errors that other conclusions are impossible. Among dozens of examples:
· Sample numbers are wrong.
· The chain of custody is flawed.
· Quality control standards failed, and the failures were ignored.
· Files have been overwritten/erased.

They Never Even Identified Testosterone Properly
Two types of tests performed: The T/E (testosterone/epitestosterone) ratio test and the IRMS test.
· Testosterone peaks were not identified according to minimum standards in the T/E ratio test. The AAA panel threw out this test.
· Since the AAA hearing, the lab has admitted that it no Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) or validation study for peak identification in the IRMS test.

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