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Reasonable testing numbers. Curious to see the 2024 report when that comes out.

Ollo Rangel, Richard Jose
Venezuela/VEN
Provisional Suspension (since 31 May 2024)
Individual Type: Athlete
Art. 2.1 – Presence of Boldenone and its metabolite
Violation Date: 26 February 2024
Ineligibility: N/A
Disqualification: N/A
Means Of Resolution :N/A

Violation date suggests it was an IC test at 2024 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas. He placed 2nd with 137+168.

erpel wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:14 pm New: 2022 world champ Francisco Mosquera M67 - boldenone
https://ita.sport/sanction/internationa ... ation-iwf/

strapping wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 9:27 am Ollo Rangel, Richard Jose
Venezuela/VEN
Provisional Suspension (since 31 May 2024)
Individual Type: Athlete
Art. 2.1 – Presence of Boldenone and its metabolite
Violation Date: 26 February 2024
Ineligibility: N/A
Disqualification: N/A
Means Of Resolution :N/A

Violation date suggests it was an IC test at 2024 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas. He placed 2nd with 137+168.

Not for the first time regarding this case, Francisco Mosquera has posted a cropped screenshot of text messages saying that his hair and nail analysis results are consistent with accidental exposure to boldenone, likely through beef. This appears to be a preliminary analysis with his legal team, with further analysis and subsequent evidence supposedly going to the ITA.

This is a potentially believable story, if the quantities found in the samples and other factors are consistent with the story. Boldenone is supposedly widely used in Colombia and Ecuador in cattle farming.

Of course, there have been mixed rulings in these cases. Tennis player Robert Farah was acquitted by the ITF (https://www.doping.nl/media/kb/6320/ITF%202019%20ITF%20vs%20Robert%20Farah%20%28S%29.pdf), in part due to "extremely low" levels found and no boldenone found in samples before or after the positive one.

On the other hand, there have been other athletes (e.g. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata, cyclist) who claimed contamination but whose explanations were considered insufficient by CAS. In that case, it was because the detected urine (derived blood) values were well and truly implausible if coming from accidental oral administration.

Back to weightlifting, the FCLP (COL WL fed) claimed their three positives before Tokyo were from contaminated beef, however their sample concentrations (14ng/mL, 29ng/mL, 26ng/mL) were much more suggestive of AAS usage.

Yokubov, Doston
Uzbekistan [UZB]
Provisional Suspension (since 27 June 2024)
Individual Type: Athlete
Art. 2.1 – Presence of Growth Hormone (hGH)
Violation Date: 4 April 2024 [in competition at IWF World Cup 2024]

Bombed and tested positive, that's rough.

Much ado about nothing.

Maybe im an old man yelling at clouds but preworkouts are dumb for weightlifting, especially very stimulant heavy ones

Lifting more weight acutely doesn't make you a better lifter in the long run and I'd suspect there is a recovery cost to the level of stimulation provided by them, unless that person has undiagnosed ADHD or something that causes extra stress.

Not only that, but you then don't have an extra gear for overdrive when it comes to competition. Worse, if you're habituated to training on stimulants, you're likely going to feel worse without them in comp.

The one month sanction at least kind of makes sense. Strictly speaking, he could have changed his mind and chosen to compete in the B session after he was announced. And the sanction could have been considerably longer, Kitts is very lucky to get away with it. Silly situation.

https://ita.sport/news/olympic-games-ri ... -analysis/

Spac MDA & Ehab EGY from 2016

No surprise

https://ita.sport/news/ita-acknowledges ... derations/

IWF IMFSP fines TKM (80000 USD), TUR (100000 USD) and UKR (110000 USD), all to be paid by 5 December 2024. The IMFSP decision was made on July 5 2024 but published on 17 July 2024. No changes to OQR.

A bit cringe worthy.

I dont know what to say.

Why have the option to remove quote rights to the Olympic Games and then not use it?

Before anyone tries to answer that question - wear does the money go and what is it used for?