Cheers, I actually published that on Tread originally and it does provide a little more context in terms of the substance/s found. It was just something extra we would do, instead of rabbiting the press release verbatim.
Glad to see these are still up, important for timeline imho.
Tyrone White's appeal was upheld as the medical staff at the event actually did give him the wrong medication. As per the hearing documentation - https://drugfreesport.org.za/cases/?athlete_name=Tyrone+White&athlete_sport=mountain-bike
As a general reference, not everything is updated online with SAIDS, however they're generally helpful and approachable. If one really wants, they can email them and they'll check and update accordingly. They did this with White's appeal case sometime back when I enquired to his appeal, which didn't reflect on the site at the time. SAIDS updated it within 24hr of contact.
Regarding Cape Epic's 'lifetime ban' from what I understand is that it still applies, however it is at the event's discretion. Obviously zero tolerance would apply to current sanctions.
Imho a blanket lifetime ban doesn't actually serve anything proactive.
