61. Unlike most of his former teammates, he denies ever knowingly taking illegal substances. 62. Virenque, a top mountain climber, has insisted he never knowingly took banned substances. 63. While several of his Festina colleagues admitted to drug usage, he has always denied knowingly taking banned substances. 64. While several of his Festina colleagues admitted to drug usage, Virenque has always denied knowingly taking banned substances. 65. While several of his former Festina colleagues admitted to drug usage, Virenque has always denied knowingly taking banned substances. 66. In both cases Okeke claimed that he must have unwittingly taken the substances in medicine he had used in the United States. 67. All three were disqualified on the final day of the Olympics for taking banned substances, but their results prior to being caught were allowed to stand. 68. Bortolami also insists that the asterisks refer only to a proposed use of EPO by Ferrari and that he had never actually taken the substance. 69. But he denied he had ever taken banned substances. 70. Emergency services arrived to take the substance for analysis while the woman was given a medical examination, the police said. |