Thursday 19 April 2012

Two-year drug ban for Canoeist

According to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA), Australian canoeing had banned Canoeist Michael Baker after he tested positive for androstatrienedione.

Androstatrienedione is the same drug that in the 1990s caused a furor in US baseball.
ASADA describes the substance, nicknamed andro, as "a hormone antagonist and modulator''.
"Andro" was the drug which in 1998 slugger Mark McGwire was revealed as taking, while on the way to breaking the American Major Leagues single-season home run record.
While the substance was banned at the Olympics, it was not prohibited in the Major Leagues and was not classed as an anabolic steroid in the United States until 2004.
"Hormone antagonists and modulators can cause side effects including osteoporosis, liver toxicity, and cardiovascular disorders,'' ASADA said in the statement announcing ban on Baker.

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