Bulgaria drugs blow
Bulgaria have withdrawn their weightlifting team from the Beijing Olympics after eleven lifters tested positive for a banned substance.
Last Updated: 09/07/08 10:21am
Bulgaria have withdrawn their weightlifting team from the Beijing Olympics after eleven lifters tested positive for a banned substance.
The athletes - eight men and three women - were tested during a training camp on June 8-9 while preparing for the Olympics, the Bulgarian Olympic Federation announced in a statement.
They all tested positive for the banned anabolic substance methandienon.
Injury had already ruled out Bulgarian medal hope Milen Dobrev, who won the 94-kg title at the Athens Olympics.
Earlier this month, the International Weightlifting Federation handed two-year suspensions to 11 Greek weightlifters who tested positive for a banned substance in March.
