Officials must accept blame
NZPA Sofia A ban from the Seoul Olympics of two Bulgarian weightlifters who tested positive for illegal drugs is likely to trigger disciplinary action and even a purge of senior Bulgarian sports officials. An editorial carried by the Communist Party daily strongly suggested weightlifting and other sports officials will be taken to task for their alleged role in the doping scandal when the Games
are over. Weightlifter, Mitko Grublev, was disqualified for taking a diuretic to lose weight. When a second athlete, Angel Gerchev, also tested positive, the Bulgarian weightlifting team withdrew from the remaining events. Already in the Grublev case, “Rabotnichesko Delo” said, the leadership of the Bulgarian Olympic delegation denounced the athlete and laid the blame solely on him
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Press, 28 September 1988, Page 33
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