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Posted: 2023-01-24 20:07:46

Lawyers and coaches of Olympian Peter Bol fear the fight to clear his name has all but ruled out his chances of competing well at the Paris Games next year.

The 800m runner, who finished fourth at the Tokyo Games, could be exonerated from allegedly taking the banned substance EPO as early as March — that is if his B sample, to be analysed next month, comes back negative.

At least that is the hope of his US-based lawyer, Paul Greene.

"If the B sample does not confirm the A sample, then the case will be over," he told ABC Sport.

"And that is why I asked them (the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, or ASADA) to not announce this publicly at this point."

But news of the failed out-of-competition drug test, taken last October, was made public on January 20.

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