Decision on Puerto blood bags imminent
A decision on whether or not the blood bags involved in the Operación Puerto case will be handed over to the sporting authorities is set to be made just after midday on Tuesday. According to Spanish newspaper El País, judge Alejandro María Benito will make the call that could end what has been a 10-year long case.
A total of 200 blood bags, belonging to some 35 athletes, were found in a raid of the house of Dr Eufemiano Fuentes in 2006. Following the end of the case against Fuentes in 2013, the court ruled that they would be destroyed. However, appeals were made by the UCI, the Spanish Sports’ Council and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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A judgement had been expected in January of this year but that was postponed. If the 2013 ruling is overturned, authorities may be able to identify the athletes involved but they may be restricted in the action that they can take due to the state of limitations.
A timeline of the Operación Puerto case can be found here.
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