Point taken Jim i should have said fact rather than alegedly.It doesn;t really matter who has done what but people need to realize drugs are widely used in sport.So no more of this Shock-Horror if anybody gets caught.I know a good story about a cyclist,a true story of how he tried to fool the dope test geezers,but thats for another time and not on this board

Read today it was a human growth substance he used, human and Terry Newton in the same sentence seems odd

The report also says it is called HGH, which apparently stays in the body only for a short while so it makes me wonder if he used it previously. If as he says he hopes others learn from his mistakes then something good can come out of it.

The fact he knew what he was doing means this was not a mistake but deliberate, I hope he says when he started taking it.

I think the drug testing agencies believe it is widely used both because it is naturally occuring and it is difficult to test and prove abuse.

They see the Terry Newton case as a breakthrough in a new method of detection and hope it will send out a message to cheats.

It will be interesting to see if any more high level cheats are uncovered.

I am in agreement with Dreamer there just hope the detection makes others think before considering taking illegal substances.

There is a piece in the paper today from Tony Smith advocating a 4 year ban not 2, except in cases where the offenders name the suppliers.

I think this is a good idea.