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What a load of tosh. If you had to prove that every athlete had gained an unfair advantage from taking a banned substance, rather than just establish the substance had been used, most cheats would get off Scot free. What kind of pseudo scientific method makes rules about disclosure and using banned items simply disappear because they didn't work, or excuse the user, despite needing it for medical reasons, needing to inform anyone about it?
There are normal ranges of testosterone in human males. They can take a blood test to determine whether he was within those levels. They determined he was. Hardly seems complicated or "pseudo science." As I mentioned, I do agree that they could have smacked him on the non-disclosure point (which is conceptually separate).
He used a subcutaneous synthetic testosterone pellet whilst training for a world title fight. This should set alarm bells ringing. The story that his testosterone levels were lower than the reference range is highly dubious given it came out after he was caught. If true why not disclose it in the first instance? Additionally, if his levels were abnormally low (which I doubt given his appearance in the build up) then this needs investigating. Simply administering exogenous testosterone would be a quick fix and not address the underlying cause.

His story has more holes than Swiss cheese.