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The contaminated straw that led a race horse to fail a drugs test might raise a smile but events at the world athletics in London are no laughing matterIf there was a lighter side to a week in which doping dominated the sports headlines, it came in the discovery of O-desmethyltramadol in a sample taken from a horse called Wotadoll. Sitting in judgment, the British Horseracing Authority’s disciplinary committee accepted the explanation that the metabolite of the opioid tramadol – detected after the three-year-old bay filly finished unplaced at Wolverhampton – could be sourced to the urine of a groom who peed in the horse’s box after taking the medication for pain relief. Related: Boos ring out at Justin Gatlin’s moved 100m medal ceremony Continue reading…

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