<p>Spain's Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive for clenbuterol in last year's race but said he had inadvertently consumed the substance in contaminated meat.<br />Five Mexico players also tested positive for clenbuterol this month but the country's soccer federation has attributed the results to meat eaten on a training camp in Mexico ahead of the Gold Cup tournament being hosted by the United States.<br /><br />Speaking ahead of a symposium on doping detection, Rabin said officials may have found ‘a way forward’ allowing ‘context’ to be considered before an automatic two-year ban was imposed on athletes testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug.<br /><br />“There are very few cases of clenbuterol, so it's not impossible to handle on a case-by-case basis,” Rabin said.<br /><br />“We could make recommendations to the WADA executive committee to say over some level it's definitely doping, and at another level it could be further consideration in a context of previous results or future results of the athlete.”<br /><br />The WADA board would have to approve any changes at its meeting in September but proposals could be firmed up at a WADA Laboratory Expert Group Meeting in Montreal next week.</p>
<p>Spain's Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive for clenbuterol in last year's race but said he had inadvertently consumed the substance in contaminated meat.<br />Five Mexico players also tested positive for clenbuterol this month but the country's soccer federation has attributed the results to meat eaten on a training camp in Mexico ahead of the Gold Cup tournament being hosted by the United States.<br /><br />Speaking ahead of a symposium on doping detection, Rabin said officials may have found ‘a way forward’ allowing ‘context’ to be considered before an automatic two-year ban was imposed on athletes testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug.<br /><br />“There are very few cases of clenbuterol, so it's not impossible to handle on a case-by-case basis,” Rabin said.<br /><br />“We could make recommendations to the WADA executive committee to say over some level it's definitely doping, and at another level it could be further consideration in a context of previous results or future results of the athlete.”<br /><br />The WADA board would have to approve any changes at its meeting in September but proposals could be firmed up at a WADA Laboratory Expert Group Meeting in Montreal next week.</p>