US EditionVictor Conte, steroids scandal and polarizing BALCO mastermind, dies at 75
- On Monday Nov. 3, Victor Conte's company SNAC announced his death at 75 after he underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer this year.
- Conte founded BALCO long ago and partnered with Patrick Arnold to produce designer steroids like `the cream` and `the clear`, but federal agents raided BALCO and his Northern California home, ending the operation and leading to Conte's guilty plea for conspiracy and money laundering.
- He relaunched Scientific Nutrition for Advanced Conditioning and advised world champions Terence Crawford and Claressa Shields; from his hospital bed, Conte praised Crawford as `the most scientifically prepared boxer in the world` and planned to attend his Las Vegas fight.
- Conte remained polarizing and was widely ostracized in sports, described as loud and relentless, while Jeff Novitzky, former IRS agent who led the BALCO investigation, accused him of seeking publicity after Conte served four months in a minimum-security federal prison in Taft, California.
- Conte later framed his life as one of redemption and called for second chances, describing himself as a self-described anti-doping advocate while sending mixed messages about athletes' accomplishments, reflecting a contested legacy in professional boxing.
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Miami (USA), 4 Nov (EFE).- Victor Conte, the founder of the BALCO laboratories who spent several months in prison for his central role in a plan to produce and distribute steroids among the elite athletes of the United States in the early 2000s, died at the age of 75. “We are deeply hurt by the death of our fearless leader (...) Victor Conte,” reported this Tuesday on social networks the company SNAC, which was also founded by the American busin…
He Sold Undetectable Steroids to Athletes Like Bonds, Giambi
Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme decades ago to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes—including baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi, as well as Olympic track champion Marion Jones—has died. He was 75. Conte died Monday, SNAC System, a sports nutrition company he founded, said...
Victor Conte died at the age of 75. With his Californian Balco laboratory he organized nationwide doping shops. His clients were Olympic champions and world stars.
The mastermind behind what is being described as the biggest American doping scandal in sports history has passed away.
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hbl.fiVictor Conte, the mastermind behind what has been described as the biggest American doping scandal in sports history, has died. Conte was 75.
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