Thursday 6 October 2011

Positive tests during schools' rugby tournament

School boys, as young as 17-year-olds, have tested positive for anabolic steroids at the recent Craven Week schools’ rugby tournament.
This was revealed after doping control tests and the school boys could face bans of up to two years from sport.
Galant says that 4 boys tested positive for the banned steroids. “Out of the four positives, two results also showed high levels of testosterone and these tests have been sent off for further analysis to Germany to verify whether the levels of testosterone are due to external sources, or naturally produced by the body.
"Only if the tests confirm that indeed the source of testosterone is from outside of the athlete’s body, will a doping case be opened.”
He says that one positive result is a lot, therefore four positives translates into an 8.5% positive result, which is a serious cause for concern.
Khalid Galant, CEO of the Institute for Drug-Free Sport, said, “The Craven Week school tournament is known to be the hunting ground for talent scouts looking to find best new players for their provinces.”

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