- Peter Bol has expressed his frustration with WADA
- He was exonerated after failing a doping test after Tokyo
- But a screenshot has brought Bol back into the spotlight.
Australian middle-distance star Peter Bol insists he has nothing to answer for after a potentially damaging screenshot on his mobile phone was made public in a separate anti-doping case.
Bol was provisionally suspended in early 2023 after a test recorded an elevated level of the banned synthetic erythropoietin (EPO).
That ban was lifted the following month when his B sample returned an atypical result, prompting the Tokyo Olympics finalist to insist he was completely exonerated.
The case was officially dismissed a few months later.
The issue made headlines again earlier this year when Bol was mentioned in a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing into alleged EPO use by Croatian footballer Mario Vuskovic.
Bol and Vuskovic are represented by American lawyer Paul Greene.
Lawyers for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Bol’s case did not involve a false positive, but rather a degradation of his sample between tests A and B.
Nine newspapers also reported that anti-doping authorities told the hearing they had discovered a screenshot on Bol’s phone, dated September 2022, containing information about the use of synthetic EPO.
Peter Bol has issued an ultimatum to those responsible for anti-doping controls after his 800m heat in Paris
After slowing down well before the finish line and finishing seventh in his 800-meter heat on Wednesday, Bol put the onus on WADA to either stand up or shut up.
“I’m actually not sure when they took that (the screenshot) and where they took it from,” he told reporters.
‘I read every article out there and there are probably a billion articles.
‘I read a lot about crimes and they decided to only publish what suited them, which again is playing a political game.
‘If I couldn’t compete I would have been banned a long time ago and I’m still here.
“I actually have nothing to answer.
“I think you should ask questions (to WADA) and they should respond to those comments.”
An alleged screenshot has surfaced, but Bol says he has nothing to answer for it.
Bol and his former training partner Joseph Deng, now based in South Africa, will contest the 800m repechage round on Thursday.
“I just let (AMA) do basically whatever it wants and try to focus on my game and the things I can’t control, the things I can’t really focus on,” Bol said.
“The fact is I’m here racing and I’m grateful for that.”
Bol, 30, rose to fame when he broke the Australian 800m record at the Tokyo Olympics and finished fourth in the final, missing out on a medal by half a second.
