Zane Robertson

The New Zealand Olympic Committee said the 33-year-old middle distance runner's actions went against everything the New Zealand team stands for.

In 2004, New Zealand cyclist Stephen Swart admitted that he and his Motorola teammates had taken EPO during the 1995 Tour de France. EPO is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Prohibited List and is banned at all times. We also acknowledge Athletics NZ, DFSNZ and HPSNZ for extending wellbeing support to Robertson.”

Zane Robertson won a bronze medal in the 5000m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.

High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) is extremely disappointed by the actions of Zane Robertson in breaching the anti-doping rules.

Olympian Zane Robertson has been banned from all sport for eight years following a positive test for erythropoietin and providing false documentation in his ...

We appreciate DFSNZ's consideration of the athlete's wellbeing throughout this process." As an organisation we take athlete welfare very seriously, so we understand the anxiety and stress that Zane will be experiencing. We also acknowledge Athletics NZ, DFSNZ and HPSNZ for extending wellbeing support to Robertson." "We condemn all forms of doping. EPO is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's Prohibited List and is banned at all times. "We strongly condemn all forms of doping in our sport and as a supporter of the World Anti-Doping Code and SADR, we reiterate our strict anti-doping stance."

The Kiwi star, who had expressed his frustration with the amount of doping in the sport in 2016, was banned for 8 years after testing positive for EPO and ...

We appreciate DFSNZ’s consideration of the athlete’s wellbeing throughout this process,” said Pfitzinger. [said Zane to https://www.stuff.co.nz](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/79685012/kiwi-olympic-runner-zane-robertson-urges-fellow-athletes-to-come-out-of-the-shadows-on-doping). Our global partnerships allow us to collaborate across the anti-doping landscape to detect and deter doping and hold dopers to account, wherever they may be,” said Drug Free Sport New Zealand Chief Executive Nick Paterson. After his B sample came back positive, Zane Robertson didn’t try to argue that EPO wasn’t in his system. Zane tested positive at the UK’s Great Manchester Run in May 2022. “As an organisation we take athlete welfare very seriously, so we understand the anxiety and stress that Zane will be experiencing.

Falsified documents and false testimony produced to support Zane Robertson's bizarre doping defence.

Having asked for the vaccine, there was no reason for me to believe that what I was being administered was not the vaccine,” Robertson submitted in his witness statement, dated December 21, 2022. “We’re really open to any defence put forward by an athlete, we don’t look to catch athletes or tick another box and say ‘we’ve got another one’, we’re actually looking to find out what the right answer is. After being informed of the finding, Robertson asked to have his ‘B’ sample tested. Paterson said it was a significant undertaking from his agency to investigate the defence put forward by Robertson, and credited the close working relationship DFSNZ has with overseas authorities in being able to get to the bottom of the claims. In support of his claims, Robertson included sworn affidavits from two Kenyan doctors, “hospital notes” and a “hospital report”, which appeared to be medical records generated by the medical facility, confirming that EPO was administered to the Kiwi athlete. The witness also asserted the medical notes relied on by Robertson were not generated by the facility, and the patient number on the medical notes did not belong to Robertson. “It was not obvious to me that the doctor administering the treatment was not the same doctor I had told that I was an athlete because both were wearing face masks,” Robertson said. “I believe I did everything I could to prevent EPO being administered, but it occurred through the medical negligence of the hospital.” According to a joint memorandum filed by Robertson’s legal counsel and Drug Free Sport NZ, the 33 year-old initially sought to offer a “no fault” defence, claiming that he was the victim of “medical negligence” at a Kenyan hospital. Robertson, who holds seven national records, was found to have breached the rules “for the presence and use or attempted use of the prohibited substance Erythropoietin (EPO)”. [Robertson has been slapped with an eight-year ban from the sport for multiple anti-doping rule violations](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/300836335/olympian-zane-robertson-banned-for-eight-years-for-doping-violations). A cross-agency investigation has exposed the extraordinary lengths Kiwi Olympian Zane Robertson went to in an effort to hoodwink anti-doping authorities after the performance enhancing drug EPO was found in his system.

Kiwi long-distance runner Zane Robertson has been suspended from the sport for 8 years for EPA use. The former Olympian and 5000m Glasgow Commonwealth Game.

Olympic distance runner Zane Robertson has received an eight-year ban after failing a drug test and tampering with the doping control process, the Sports ...

Without explicitly mentioning the tribunal, he added: “A lot of people/companies involved in almost making me lose interest in the sport completely. When administered to athletes, it can increase the amount of oxygen delivered to muscles, improving recovery and endurance. According to the judgment, DFSNZ presented evidence at the tribunal from the vice president of the medical center Robertson said he attended, who claimed that Robertson was not administered EPO at the facility, that he had not attended the facility on the alleged date, and that the medical notes submitted were not generated at the facility.

Kiwi runner claims he was injected with EPO instead of a Covid vaccine in a Kenyan hospital but anti-doping officials dismiss his excuses.

He also claimed that he had told the attending Doctor that he was an athlete and could not be treated with a substance that was on the prohibited list. “DFSNZ responded to Mr Robertson’s evidence with expert evidence from Dr Stephen Ritchie who commented on the clinical implausibility of the medical treatment allegedly received by Mr Robertson. His evidence was that he had not realised it was a second Doctor who administered the medication, so he did not repeat his request not to be treated with a prohibited substance. On that occasion, Jake Robertson won the race in 28:06 with Zane finishing 11th in 29:03 before subsequently announcing his retirement at the start of this year. He tried to provide documentation to back this up but anti-doping investigators decided it was false paperwork. Robertson moved to Kenya with his twin brother Jake aged 17 to try to make it as distance runners.

Commonwealth Games bronze medal winner Zane Robertson has been banned from all sport for eight years after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug ...

The test that led to Robertson's downfall was not a random in-competition test, but a targeted test arranged and paid for by New Zealand anti-doping ...

Paterson stressed DFSNZ “at this point in time” has no evidence to suggest that Robertson was doping during the period the records were set. “We can only deal with the positive test in front of us. Robertson holds seven New Zealand records over the 3000m to marathon distance. But EPO can be notoriously difficult to detect with test results often producing “atypical findings”, which is not the same as a positive result. Drug Free Sport NZ (DFSNZ) chief executive Nick Paterson confirmed his agency had engaged its UK counterparts to carry out the testing of Robertson at the Manchester event. EPO is a hormone used to boost red blood cell production to increase oxygen transport around the body, improving aerobic performance.

Zane Robertson was yesterday suspended by the Sports Tribunal for eight years for doping.

Known for training in Kenya with his twin brother Jake, he moved up to the marathon distance finishing 36th at the Tokyo Olympics. Robertson elected to have his “B” sample tested and this confirmed the original result. Robertson claimed that he had attended a Kenyan medical facility seeking a Covid-19 vaccination but was instead treated for Covid-19, which included the administration of EPO. We also acknowledge Athletics NZ, DFSNZ and HPSNZ for extending wellbeing support to Robertson.” He also tampered, or tried to tamper, with part of the doping control process, the Sports Tribunal has announced. I was pushed to this,” he replied.

New Zealand long-distance runner Zane Robertson has admitted to cheating after he was yesterday suspended for doping. The Commonwealth Games medallist was ...

Asked why the public should believe him when he says it was a “one off”, Robertson replied: “I have been tested over 50 times in my career and after every single race that I’ve ever competed well in. I was providing for myself and my wife at the time ... I just want to tell them that this wasn’t my whole career. I’ve been tested before the races, after the races, and my samples are stored for the next 10 years after the events ... It’s a culture of the sport, that’s it.” In the end, lose our contracts, lose our income, lose our race winnings, and eventually give up not having the ability to have a family ... After the Olympics I was told by one of my companies we thought you would run better, and an immediate exit from the deal. “Nothing was seeming to go my way. “I started to ask myself this question: why do people like myself always have to be the ones to lose or suffer. “The other [reason], especially after the Covid era, prize money and races went down. He also tampered, or tried to tamper, with part of the doping control process, the Sports Tribunal announced. Frustration and anger at the sport itself and any elite sports, I just believe it’s not a level playing field like they say.

Disgraced Olympian and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zane Robertson has broken his silence on why he took a banned substance and went to extraordinary ...

I want people to think deeply, if that was them, if they had invested 16 years into trying to be a professional and they were going to lose their career because of one f... That was the worst thing for me because I knew it wouldn’t just be affecting me. Of the cover-up, Robertson told Runners Only: “I want to take full blame for that. up then I guess a lot of people would try and save their arse.” “The other company was holding on for the bare minimum and I had pressure from my management. To me four years is the same as eight [his doubled suspension for the cover-up]. I started to ask myself this question: ‘Why do people like myself always have to be the ones to lose or suffer’, and in the end lose our contracts, lose our income, lose our race winnings and eventually end up not having the ability to have a family or live anywhere else in the world in the predicaments we’re in. After the Olympics I was told by one of my companies ‘we thought you would run better’, and immediate exit from the deal. He said it helped recovery and enabled him to train harder for longer. Nothing was seeming to go my way.” “The other reason, especially after the Covid era, prizemoney in races went down. “In any elite sport I believe the top is not a level playing field like they say.

Kiwi Olympian Zane Robertson has spoken out about the doping charge that has seen him slapped with an eight-year ban from competition.

Robertson says he was in a dark place and weighed down by financial and personal issues when he decided to drug cheat.

"That was the worst thing for me because I knew it wouldn't just be affecting me. Nothing was seeming to go my way." "The other company was holding on for the bare minimum and I had pressure from my management. After the Olympics I was told by one of my companies, 'We thought you would run better', and immediately exit from the deal. "The other reason, especially after the Covid era, prize money in races went down. "It's not just one particular reason.