The HP Women's Challenge will be coming to Idaho soon, and Boise's top woman cyclist will not be racing this year. Brooke Blackwelder was suspended from racing until Jan. 17, 2003, for testing positive for a steroid byproduct. She failed a random test administered after the June 17 stage last year.
While Blackwelder is the first American woman to test positive for 19norandrosterone since the substance was prohibited, cycling and other competitive sports across the world have seen an increase in athletes testing positive for 19-norandrosterone and the active steroid nandrolone. Blackwelder and other athletes are defending their innocence, maintaining that contaminated sports …
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