LONDON: Olympic time trial champion Tyler Hamilton has been cleared of any doping offence at the Athens Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.
American Hamilton had been told that he gave a positive test for a blood transfusion in Athens on Aug 18 but the IOC said in a statement that the result of the B, or second, test was “non-conclusive” because the sample had been destroyed by being deep-frozen.
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