Aussie lifter faces ban
16 November 2005
Sportal.com
Australia's hopes of bagging a medal in the weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games next March have been dealt a blow with Sergo Chakhoyan facing a life ban following a positive drugs test.
The Armenian-born Australian tested positive to the amphetamine benzyl piperzine (BPZ) in a sample taken at the Oceania and South Pacific weightlifting championships in Melbourne last month.He has requested the B-sample be tested to confirm the drug was in his system during the competition.
If the second sample also returns positive for BPZ, Chakhoyan, who was considered the favourite to take gold in the 85kg division at the Games in March, will receive an automatic life ban for a second positive test.
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Chakhoyan is currently in Armenia after pulling out of the world championships in Qatar after he learnt of the positive test.
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Sportal.com
Australia's hopes of bagging a medal in the weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games next March have been dealt a blow with Sergo Chakhoyan facing a life ban following a positive drugs test.
The Armenian-born Australian tested positive to the amphetamine benzyl piperzine (BPZ) in a sample taken at the Oceania and South Pacific weightlifting championships in Melbourne last month.He has requested the B-sample be tested to confirm the drug was in his system during the competition.
If the second sample also returns positive for BPZ, Chakhoyan, who was considered the favourite to take gold in the 85kg division at the Games in March, will receive an automatic life ban for a second positive test.
[...]
Chakhoyan is currently in Armenia after pulling out of the world championships in Qatar after he learnt of the positive test.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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