ITTIGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland’s anti-doping agency wants British officials to explain why European champion Viktor Rothlin spent almost as much time giving blood before the London Marathon as he took to run the race.
Rothlin complained after finishing 11th on Sunday morning that his arms were sore following a two-hour blood sample session that ended at 11 p.m. Saturday.
Anti-Doping Switzerland director Matthias Kamber tells The Associated Press the U.K. Anti-Doping team’s work was “not acceptable.”
The test was expected to last 15 minutes, and Kamber said he told organizers before the test that it “shouldn’t take too long.”
Kamber says Rothlin will now be forced to break with protocol and announce the test results next month because of the publicity.
