valanjak
02 Oct 2006, 08:23 PM
This is sad , Iran doesn’t have a tradition in doping , having 12 lifters test positive is just unbelievable. But this is the price out athletes are paying as a result of the government , if the government stopped building so many god damn mosques and start investing more money into sports then we wouldn’t have problems like this .
IWF fines Iran federation, bans lifters
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) heavily fined the Iranian federation and banned nine lifters for an unprecedented dope case, said the state TV here Monday.
Mehr News
Iran’s federation got fined $400,000 and the weightlifters were banned for two years each.
National lifter Mohsen Davoudi, who tested positive in the past as well as last month, will be banned from international games permanently.
Nine of the 11-strong Iran underwent doping tests by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on Sept. 24 and reported to test positive for unidentified drugs.
The Iranian team was to depart on Sept. 25 for Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, where the 75th World Weightlifting Championships started on Sept. 29.
Tamas Ajan, the IWF president, personally invited the Iranian icon Rezazadeh to attend the world meet.
The world body has also imposed a lifetime ban on Iran’s Bulgarian trainer Georgi Ivanov.
If the federation refuses to pay the fine, it will be banned for two years, as well.
http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=54&a=3661
IWF fines Iran federation, bans lifters
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) heavily fined the Iranian federation and banned nine lifters for an unprecedented dope case, said the state TV here Monday.
Mehr News
Iran’s federation got fined $400,000 and the weightlifters were banned for two years each.
National lifter Mohsen Davoudi, who tested positive in the past as well as last month, will be banned from international games permanently.
Nine of the 11-strong Iran underwent doping tests by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on Sept. 24 and reported to test positive for unidentified drugs.
The Iranian team was to depart on Sept. 25 for Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, where the 75th World Weightlifting Championships started on Sept. 29.
Tamas Ajan, the IWF president, personally invited the Iranian icon Rezazadeh to attend the world meet.
The world body has also imposed a lifetime ban on Iran’s Bulgarian trainer Georgi Ivanov.
If the federation refuses to pay the fine, it will be banned for two years, as well.
http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=54&a=3661