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Some other notes. Apparently, he was tested a number of times with "normal" ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone although I don't know what the ratio was on the other samples. Seems unlikely that if he was doping it would be only on a single test (steroids require more long term administration than a single shot).

Taking a jolt of testosterone the night before a big effort simply does not compute. It is not a stimulant like caffeine or ephedrine and doesn't have dramatic effects with short time between administration and onset of peak action.

Third, all tests are called normal based on 95% confidence intervals. That means that by definition 5% of the "normal population" can fall outside of the "limits" and still be normal.
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