More details surface in swimmer Rebeca Gusmoa scandal: the old urine switch trick

Did Brazilian swimmer Rebeca Gusmoa use a little extra testosterone on her morning Wheaties?  Or does she have polycystic ovary disease producing high testosterone?  Does urine produced in her kidneys match the urine sent in the test tube?  Tune in tomorrow as this episode is swimming with intrigue.

Thus far, the international governing body for swimming (FINA) suspended Pan Am gold-winning swimmer Rebeca Gusmao when she tested positive for high testosterone -- not to mention huge muscles and burgeoning acne.  Gusmao countered by saying she has PCOS that she told FINA about 4 years ago.

New information says that some of the urine samples Gusmao produced were not even from her own bladder.  Her Brazilian swimming doctor accompanied her to each doping test, thus raising suspicions about the doctor's honesty...and more.

SwimNews.com carries this story:

Alexandre Pussieldi at bestswimming.com.br is the man on top of the Rebeca Gusmão case - and it seems he may have unearthed a scandal that will rock not only Brazilian swimming but may require the intervention of FINA under rules that hold doctors, coaches and others responsible in doping cases where darkness is found to lurk.

1. The LADETEC agency announced that four of the tests of the swimmer at the Pan Am Games were negative. That is not strictly the case - nor is is for a laboratory to provide such detail. Only positive results are announced, first internally and then beyond when the case is made public.

2. Dr. Eduardo De Rose, President of the Games Medical Commission, has concluded that the samples said to have been provided by Gusmão are not from the same person, according to the differing DNA uncovered by analysis

3 - and here's the real wrap: Dra. Renata Castro, the medical director of the Brazilian federation who accompanied the swimmer to all tests except the one that produced a positive result at the Pan Ams, has resigned.

And hints of a more sinister nature; a nice doctor-athlete intimate relationship scandal:

Speculation from good sources in Brazil talks of a 'strong' relationship between the swimmer and the doctor, one that has atrtracted negative comment from team swimmers and coaches. but not, so far, from the federation.

Comments

[anonymous]

How about doing someting on Mike Golic admitting steroid use and his broadcasting counterpoint sidestepping the issue?

See http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post/Golic-admits-to-steroid-use-during-national-radi?urn=nfl,53112

and

http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2007/11/mike-golic-really-admits-to-using.html#links

for details.

[GRG]

Saw that report. Awful Announcing and Deadspin beat us to it.

Listening to Golic's statement, his voice got a little shaky; we think he was fudging some.