CYCLING
Contador tested positivefor banned steroid at Tour
Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador tested positive for a banned steroid during this year's race, according to a statement released by his spokesman Wednesday. Jacinto Vidarte , Contador's publicist, said the substance, identified as clenbuterol, was found in a test taken on July 21. Contador has blamed food contamination as the only possible explanation. Contador will hold a news conference on Thursday in Pinto, Spain. Contador was first made aware of the positive test on Aug. 24, according to the statement, and has provided his explanation to the proper authorities.
Armstrong staffer goes to grand jury
A staff member of Lance Armstrong 's Team Radio Shack arrived at a Los Angeles courthouse to appear before a federal grand jury hearing evidence of alleged doping in professional cycling. Exercise physiologist Allen Lim was seen reporting to the grand jury room around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. He was greeted by an assistant U.S. attorney overseeing the probe, which has issued subpoenas and solicited testimony about whether Armstrong and other cyclists took banned substances. Lim also has ties to disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis , who accused him in an e-mail earlier this year of helping him cheat during his career. Lim has denied Landis' allegations.
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