THE BALCO CASE

[Mugu]

Lance Williams, Chronicle Staff Writer

(03-26) 18:16 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Former cycling champion Tammy Thomas seemed to be in the midst of shaving her face when an Olympic drug tester paid her an unannounced visit in 2002, according to testimony Wednesday in her trial on perjury charges.

Tom McVay, a tester for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, told a jury in U.S. District Court in San Francisco that on March 14, 2002, he was assigned to locate Thomas at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, east of San Diego, and collect a urine sample for a steroid test.

The visit was memorable, McVay said, because of Thomas' appearance when she answered his knock on her apartment door. "It appeared to be like shaving cream on the left side of her face around her ear," he said.

Thomas is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying when she told the grand jury that investigated the BALCO steroids scandal that she had never used banned drugs.



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[TheWraith]

1. She had better hope she's used a LOT of drugs.

Because otherwise she's got a serious chemical imbalance going on... that photo on the left looks like something out of The Kids In The Hall.