The four all work for,or have worked at,the University of Oslo,the Institute for Cancer Research in Oslo or the University of Tromso.
“I believe subjectivity and interpretation of results is still occurring and[is] a problem in doping cases. There has definitely not been an improvement to create complete objectivity,” Nissen-Meyer told this masthead.
The experts are all likely to be called by Bol’s US lawyer,Paul Greene,to analyse the results in Bol’s case.
Bol,who has been provisionally banned after testing positive to EPO, has criticised the testing system.
He has requested his B sample be tested using two different methods – the SAR-PAGE method used on his A sample,as well as the isoelectric focusing (IEF) method that was previously WADA’s primary method for testing for EPO. It is hoped the combination of the two methods at two different laboratories – one in Australia,one in Cologne – will provide greater accuracy.
The national 800 metres champion has to pay $1200 just to have his B sample tested. The sample will be opened and sent for testing this week.