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Oh, don't get me wrong - everyone knew about it. All my teammates, my coaches, competitors, everyone. I'm pretty sure that the news made its way around the conference in about a day although it was supposed to be a "secret" process. However, I can't blame anyone at the lab or in the conference office for blowing my cover since I told all my teammates in about a day and call friends at other schools to tell them the news because it was so damn funny. Sample A tested positive for stanzalol (sp?), which is the same thing that Ben Johnson theoretically took before the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The fact that its an anabolic steroid for muscle building and is virtually useless for a guy running the 10k (which is the race that prompted the test) got me laughs for months.
Apparently the lab did a calibration run to make sure they were catching things immediately before testing my sample and the results got mixed up. That did not, however, keep my competitors from calling "Ben" or "Mr. Johnson" for the rest of the season.
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