Given the predictable and widespread eagerness to defend Andrus Veerpalu against the doping charges he’s now facing, I have a few questions. I’m trying here not to pose loaded questions, since I’d love to see Veerpalu be clean. But at the same time, I have to wonder…1. Why, if the positive test for HGH was (and thus still is) erroneous, did Veerpalu retire in February rather than own up to the
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