Nick Butler

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Please follow me also on bluesky here - trying to gradually shift across https://t.co/qsttkeFEOJ

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

“I lost 20 million” – Bjarne Riis talks about depression and financial hardship" Interesting L'Equipe interview with a man who somehow still holds 1996 TdF title despite admitting to doping during it https://t.co/nl5i3CEaxH

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Exclusive @TheAthleticFC

Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin writes to FIFA’s Infantino to request he appear before the House Judiciary Committee & provide all of his and FIFA’s records of contacts with Trump, his administration and Trump family business by Aug 9.

https://t.co/YqqelOkwT1

[Oliver Kay @OliverKay]

The main criticism of Infantino is about him, FIFA, football and World Cup being politically compromised — rather than his ability to put on a good show.

(It's the World Cup, for god's sake. Of course it's good.)

These concerns have been 100% reinforced
https://t.co/UdZSlRS6G7

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

The old 15-slide Instagram post method of claiming all your critics are wrong about everything. Gianni Infantino is clearly feeling some pressure. Nothing united opposing supporters during World Cup as much as a collective boo every time his face appeared https://t.co/NwQ4Lk0JXG

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Interesting article: "What was in the syringe? Thomas Brdaric reveals details of the 2002 doping case."
https://t.co/GAE7NdYkQQ

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Interesting story by @CaroKyllmann. LA 2028 sponsors are reportedly being put off sustainability initiatives so as not to risk upsetting Donald Trump.
References to a "car-free" Olympics have already been quietly shelved... https://t.co/cBfvtNNVMi

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Anti-doping bodies, like the ITA here, are damned if they do or damned if they don't. We rightly criticise them for not testing thoroughly and then, if they do, it is supposedly a "commercial matter" about justifying their budget https://t.co/sOw3SUmedo

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

As well as testing positive for Human Growth Hormone and EPO, Blessing Okagbare also deliberately missed a drugs test in 2021. She claimed not to hear testers... but leaked WhatsApp messages, later seized by FBI, showed it was due to fear of likely positive 2-

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Good for this to be criticised... Blessing Okagbare is one of the highest profile doping cases to emerge during a recent Olympic Games, she was DQ'd after the heats of the 100m in Tokyo, so IOC should be very aware

[Kelly Sotherton MBE @KellySotherton]

Hi @Olympics. You have a drugs cheat serving a 11 year doping ban as your poster girl.. maybe your comms team need to some clean sport education.
It’s embarrassing!

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

"Vingegaard’s and Pogacar’s night-time doping tests authorised by Paris judge". Still a lot we don't know, and arguably should not know, about exactly why these tests were done https://t.co/IrJuqDmpI8

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

@ulif As good as „in comp“ testing can get

[Jonathan Vaughters @Vaughters]

I don’t post here much. But I’ll roll this grenade down the aisle: 2am testing is one of the very effective ways to prevent peptide(EPO,hGH) and testosterone micro dosing. If UCI had tested us in 2001 at 2am? We’d all have been suspended and saved the sport 25 years of drama.

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Clean riders should also be thankful more thorough testing appears to be happening, naturally targeting leaders first, and if blaming anyone, blame the many former riders who have admitted doping (incl. those working on teams at TdF) who make this invasive system necessary 4-

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Good article on the nightime drug testing saga at Tour de France. It is obviously very tough to be tested at 2am and possibly did contribute to Jonas Vingegaard's crash the next day, although obviously we cannot be sure. However... 1/
https://t.co/4Z57rbv44z

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Substances and methods exist where any trace can disappear from your body in 4-5 hours or less. So...if you know you won't get tested at night, you have carte blanche to do certain things. See, e.g. this article on EPO microdosing https://t.co/QxOxINnNKM 3/

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz sanctioned after cannabis-related positive test in game against Netherlands at T20 World Cup... https://t.co/osmKrVS0Sd

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

ARD story from last year: "Names withheld: 76 unknown German dopers due to data protection risks..." https://t.co/BZYA6jk3yp 3

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Ruling in landmark ECJ data protection case in Austria in favour of the publishing of the names of athletes convicted of doping offences. Should set a big precedent in other countries, including Germany. https://t.co/lFb0bGCx3I 1/

[Nick Butler @NickJMButler]

Verdict here explaining the complaint and the decision. Still some wriggle room and limits to publication but essentially ruled that details of doping cases are not confidential health or personal information...therefore no GDPR reason not to publish https://t.co/NNujsYYcEL 2/