Top Canadian sports doctor faces FBI probe

Dr. Tony Galea, one of Canada's most well known sports medicine specialists, is under investigation by the FBI in the U.S. for allegedly providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a report in The New York Times.

Dr. Tony Galea, one of Canada’s most well known sports medicine specialists, is under investigation by the FBI in the U.S. for allegedly providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a report in The New York Times. Dr. Galea is also facing charges by the RCMP.

Olympic gold-medallists Donovan Bailey and Mark McKoy were on Dr. Galea’s client list, as well as many other prominent athletes including the embattled Tiger Woods.

In an earlier interview with CTV, Dr. Galea called the case a “misunderstanding” with the RCMP over “homeopathic medications” brought into Canada from Germany by his assistant. The RCMP arrested Dr. Galea on Oct. 15 in Toronto after human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug derived from calf’s blood, were found the previous month in his medical bag at the Canada-U.S. border.

“We’re confident that an investigation of Dr. Galea will lead to his total vindication,” Greenspan told The New York Times. “Dr. Galea was never engaged in any wrongdoing or any impropriety. Not only does he have a reputation that is impeccable, he is a person at the very top of his profession.”

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