Stuart Stevens's November story "Drug Test," on the use of
performance-enhancing substances in sports, incorrectly reported that
cyclist Alexi Grewal, who won a road-racing gold medal at the 1984 Olympic
Games in Los Angeles, prepared for that year's competition with the use of
blood packing, a transfusion technique that increases the number of
oxygen-carrying red blood cells in the body. While the U.S. Cycling
Federation determined that seven members of the U.S. cycling team did
practice blood packing at the L.A. Games (the method was then legal under
Olympic rules) there was no evidence that Grewal participated.
Outside regrets the error.