Australian runner Peter Bol has been exonerated after testing positive for the erythropoietin drug.
Sport Integrity Australia announced it would not progress with an anti-doping rule violation, closing an investigation into his false positive for the synthetic EPO.
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Peter Bol exonerated by Sport integrity Australia after false positive drugs test
Bol has been officially cleared of doping by Sport Integrity Australia after a lengthy investigation.
The 29-year-old was suspended from athletics in January this year following the adverse findings to the test which occurred in October last year.
Bol has maintained his innocence since the start of his provisional ban, with an independent analysis of his B-sample returning an atypical finding, indicating a false positive.
Sport Integrity Australia continued its investigation of the Australian runner but have now opted to close the case.
Bol issued a statement on Twitter on Tuesday morning reacting to the news.
"I have been exonerated," he said.
"It was a false positive like I said all along!
"The news from Sport Integrity Australia today was a dream come true.
"No one should have to experience what I have gone through this year."
#alhamdulillah pic.twitter.com/SDSIT253ws
— Peter Bol OLY (@pbol800) July 31, 2023
Bol will now be able to focus on the upcoming World Athletics Championships, which are due to begin later this month in Hungary.
His exoneration will also enable him to have an uninterrupted preparation for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Who is Peter Bol?
Bol shot to prominence after finishing fourth in the final of the 800m at the Tokyo Olympics.
Earlier, he had won admirers by leading the whole way to claim victory in the semi-final at the Games.
Last year, at the Commonwealth Games, Bol came away with the silver medal in the 800m.
As a child, Bol and his family fled war-torn Sudan, eventually settling in Perth by way of Toowoomba.
