Two more athletes at the Parlympics Games decided to boost their performance with doping: Fancourou Sissoko of Mali and Liudmyla Osmanova of the Ukraine. Both were weightlifters. Sissoko tested positive for boldenone (Equipoise) and Osmanova tested positive for 19-norandrosterone (metaboloite of nandrolone and weak pro-hormone). To the games: (Yahoo link)
Two more powerlifters have been expelled from the Beijing Paralympics and banned for two years after failing doping tests, the International Paralympic Committee said on Thursday.
Facourou Sissoko of Mali tested positive for boldenone metabolite, a steriod, on September 6, the day of the opening ceremony, and Liudmyla Osmanova of Ukraine returned an adverse analytical finding of 19-Norandrosterone, also a steriod, in a test conducted on August 29, the IPC said in a statement.
So far, four Paralympic athletes have been caught using banned substances. Pakistani powerlifter Naveed Ahmed Butt had been kicked out after testing positive for methandienone metabolites, while German wheelchair basketball player Ahmet Coskun had been sent home for using finasteride.
The German National Paralympic Committee said that although finasteride is a non-performance enhancement medication, it can be used to cover up drugs that do.
A total of 461 tests, both in and out of competition, have been carried out at the September 6-17 Games.At the Athens Paralympics in 2004, 680 doping tests were conducted, and 10 violations were caught.
Sissoko of Mali carried the flag during the opening ceremonies.
power lifting and performance-enhancing drugs are synonymous at all levels.
Posted by: sal m | 09/11/2008 at 07:58
At the Olympics, there were 6 or 7 athletes who tested positive. Now the number at the Paralympic games is at 4. I am assuming far more athletes competed in the Olympics. I wonder what the percentage difference is. I guess I could collect some stats and figure it out. I guess either percentage is a fairly insignificant number, and overall the number testing positive is down. Do you think usage is really down though?
Posted by: CheatorBeat.com | 09/12/2008 at 12:29