Big Day - Sept 22 September 14, 2007
Posted by Steve in : Weblog , add a commentFinallly - like many high profile athlete cases, this one has been payed endlessly in the media — now we get to let the courts decide and in the next week, we will get our answer.
Is he guilty of doping or is he not guilty?
Yahoo Sports is reporting that the arbitrators in the Floyd Landis doping hearing met for the final time this week and declared the hearing officially closed, meaning a decision on the 2006 Tour de France winner’s fate must come in by Sept. 22. Over the past three months, arbitrators have been sorting through the evidence and collecting additional information from the parties. They met Wednesday and are writing their final decision.
Landis, who has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, would face a two-year ban from cycling and the loss of his Tour title if he loses the case. The losing side has the option to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
