From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Even More Dope

I wasn’t exactly making a brave, unconventional statement when I said – to some controversy – that Veepalu’s gold at Liberec was suspicious. Now the Estonian’s name has come up in connection with the growing Humanplasma scandal that’s so far involved the circle of cyclists and triathletes around the coaches Stefan Matschiner and Walter Mayer.While Veerpalu’s penchant for altitude training is well