Lance Armstrong submitted to a French doping test yesterday, which involved a hair sample. Lance's latest close shave resulted in hair loos. From Cycling Weekly:
The seven-times Tour de France champion was visited in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, on Tuesday for his 24th out-of-competition test since announcing his comeback from retirement last year. Inspectors requested the usual blood and urine samples, and also removed a sample of hair for analysis.
"Yet another 'surprise' anti-doping control," wrote Armstrong on his Twitter site. "This one from the French authorities. Urine, blood, and hair! Classic..."
"So I'm clear - never complaining about these tests. Def part of the job. Feel targeted? Of course. But anything to prove I'm clean. Onward."
So brave. So bold. And such short hair: apparently he needed a haircut to cover up the sampled areas.
Although this is the first time Armstrong has had hair removed for
testing, obtaining a hair sample is not unusual in the fight against
doping. Hair contains residual traces of substances ingested by the
body - and they are retained in hair until that portion is cut.
Therefore hair can be used to test for longer-term use of banned
substances. However, it's not a completely fool-proof method as
bleaching hair can destroy the markers left in it by certain
substances.
Armstrong was working out in France, preparing for the 2009 Tour de France.
Whining about doping controls has really become a big part of the Armstrong PR machine.
Posted by: Brian T. | 03/20/2009 at 12:23
I can't think getting a haircut would be able to cover up, no pun intended, any abnormalities, once the same has been taken. And if a haircut could it would almost need to be a shaven head but the samples have already been taken.
Posted by: Jenky | 03/25/2009 at 10:39
I should recommend that take a treatment of hair. So, it will get back to normal. It will enhance your beauty if you head is full with hair.
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