Positive drug tests
NZPA-Reuter Rhodes Island. Greece Four Russian athletes—including a gold and silver medallist—and a Bulgarian have been disqualified from last September’s European athletic championships after failing drug tests, according to Mr Arthur Gold. British president of the European Mhletic Association. Mr Gold, speaking at Rhodes island after the association’s council meeting, said urine -amples taken from the five after the championships in Prague showed traces nt anaboiic steroids, the banned muscle-building drug JI he lour Russians are
Xadezhda Tkaehcenko, winner of Jthe women’s pentathlon. Yevgeni Mironov, silver medallist in the men's shot. Vasili Yershov, fit!’.. Jin The men’s javelin. an:! Yekaterina Gordienko. t ! behind Tkachenko in t’ » women’s pentathlon. The Bulgarian Elena Stoiano'.. fifth in the women's shot., t <? also disqualified. Mr Gold, a leading campaigner against drug abuse, baid rhe C;.qualified athletes would be banned from all competition until then national federations applied tor their reinstatement Under the rules of the Intel national Amateur Athletic Federation, the minimum ban on users of anabolic steroids is no--18 months.
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