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Not if you believe what a source is telling the New York Times. (I know, I know, insert Jason Blair or Judith Miller joke here).

Juliet Macur writes that a different test has been done on Landis' A sample (you may need to register to read it for free) and that the test revealed evidence of synthetic testosterone in Floyd's body. If true, that would make Floyd's contention that he has a naturally high testosterone level a moot point. You can't have synthetic testosterone in your body, at any level. Major no-no.

Also revealed in the article is that Landis' ratio was apparently somewhere around 11 to 1. That's high - almost three times the allowed ratio by the UCI> I know Floyd's doc says that some bodybuilders have 100 to 1 ratios, but we're not talking Mr. Olympia here. Plus, when you're looking to prove innocence do you really want to associate yourself with the one sport on earth that might have even more drug-cheat problems than yours?

It looks like Landis' only option now is to somehow prove that the synethic testosterone made it into his body either unknowingly or accidentally. Is that possible? Sure. And it's what I'd like to believe. But that's going to be a pretty darned hard thing to prove. If you're a Landis supporter, I wouldn't hold your breath.