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Japanese weightlifter given two-year ban for steroids
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-03-28 16:49
TOKYO - Japanese weightlifter Ryuta Takahashi has been given a two-year ban after testing positive for anabolic steroids.
The Japan Anti-Doping Agency banned Takahashi after an out-of-competition test showed traces of the anabolic steroid metenolone, a JADA official said Friday.
Takahashi was tested during training in February. He has not been selected for next month's Asian championship in Japan, which doubles as a qualifier for this summer's Beijing Olympics.
Takahashi becomes the fourth athlete to receive a two-year ban from JADA since the agency took on the role of a national disciplinary body in July 2007.
Metenolone is an androgenic substance which is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances.
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