Yeah that would give them time to do some good strength cycles get the gains and still be able to taper off clean for a test - that's only unless they aren't subject to yearly drug screens? But who the hell knows, this guy is prolly all natty - he's clearly not concerned about his body shape apperance. I bet he's on a serious Vic Richards 30K a day caloric diet with every supplement know to man - and some Iranian snake oil thrown in as well !!
The rest of the Iranian national team was caught in out-of-competition testing before the World Championships recently.
WADA are conducting the testing, and Reza has to rapport his whereabouts, and nowadays gets tested quite often.
With that being said, I don't blame anyone who have doubts on his natural status.
But Reza was extremely strong even before getting into weightlifting, his lifts as a teenager are legendary.
Of all the top SHW's, he would be the only one that I actually think there is a slight chance is natural (Shane Hamman isn't a top SHW, I truly believe he's natural though).
YIP
Zack