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by danesller0127 | August 15, 2008 at 06:48 am
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By Joe Havely in Beijing
"I feel the figures are rather encouraging" --Proffessor Arne Ljungqvist, head of IOC medical commission.
Two-time North Korean shooting medalist Kim Jong Su has been stripped of his Olympics silver and bronze medals and expelled from the games after failing a doping test.
Kim, who won a silver medal in the men's 50m pistol and bronze in the 10m pistol, tested positive for having taken propanolol, a banned beta-blocker drug, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday.
Beta-blockers, which slow the heart-rate, can be used to prevent trembling limbs in events such as shooting.
Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong also tested positive for taking the banned diuretic furosemide, officials said.
Thuong finished in last place in the women's floor exercise.
The two are the second and third confirmed cases of doping at the Beijing games, where the IOC is conducting a record 4,500 drug tests.
The first involved Spanish cyclist Maria Isobel who tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO, from a sample taken before the Olympics started.
She was expelled from the games on Monday, although had apparently already left Beijing earlier of her own accord.
Why the athletes again, continued to use the banned drugs, Do they know that 'doping' is unacceptable in the 'sports world'.? I'm just asking--danesller
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at 07:18 on August 15th, 2008
Kim Jong Su, was the first Beijing Olympian to be stripped of his medals, could now face ban of up to two years from the international shooting federation.
The IOC is conducting a record number of tests at the Beijing games.[EPA]
source: Al Jazeera and agencies
at 11:42 on August 15th, 2008
Propanol, a key ingredient in inderal, (which was prescribed to me when I had hyperthyroid problems, I could have died in my 30s without it.) Used for migraine headaches and high-blood pressure, among other things.
at 13:55 on August 15th, 2008
Thanks!!! Rene' for the input...OMG! I'm sorry for that... think there's herbal medicine that can cure migraine and high-blood pressure...
at 14:10 on August 15th, 2008
Giselle Davies, spokeswoman for the IOC said Chinese shooter Tan Zongliang would be promoted to take Kim's silver in the 50m event, with bronze now going to Russia's Vladimir Isakov.
Kim's bronze in the 10m competition would instead be awarded to American shooter Jason Turner.
Professor Arne Ljungqvist, head of the IOC's medical commission, was in no doubt that Kim had deliberately taken drugs.
"This beta-blocking agent is banned only in certain sports such as shooting and archery which require great control. Therefore I can only describe it, (the drug-taking) as deliberate."
The last summer Olympics in Athens in 2004 saw a record 26 doping cases, and with an increase in testing for the Beijing games the IOC had expected to see even more positives.
"This was probably a result of poor information to a young athlete who was not sure what she could take."
But with only three positives so far, approaching the half way point in the games, Ljungqvist said he was optimistic that deterrent methods may be paying off.
"My interpretation is that this a feature of increased awareness in the sports world that doping is unacceptable and you don't compete in the Olympic games if you are doped," he said.
source: Al Jazeera and agencies
at 15:08 on August 15th, 2008
danesller0127, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 07:33 on August 16th, 2008
Thanks a lot, amyjudd' for the GS mark, much appreciated!
at 15:22 on August 15th, 2008
so Do Thi Ngan Thuong took banned substance and she still got last place? hmm... what is the point then!
at 08:02 on August 16th, 2008
Absolutely!!! Think, she's was also expelled from the games, same as Maria Isobel...'doping is unacceptable' in the sports world, and they know that... Thanks!
at 17:23 on August 15th, 2008
danesller0127, I like this story. It's good stuff. I wonder what is going to happen to this guy when he returns to North Korea? The fact that he cheated is wrong but I wonder what kind of pressure he was under? Will he face imprisonment or death? I feel sorry for him in a way...
at 07:48 on August 16th, 2008
Hi there!!! RobertVance, thank you for the input...You're welcome!!!
at 08:51 on August 16th, 2008
danesller0127, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:57 on August 16th, 2008
Thank you again jordan for the GS mark, It's great!!!