Athlete Nigel Amos, Botswana’s first Olympic medalist to win silver in the 800 meters at Tokyo 2020, was suspended for doping this Wednesday, two days before the Open Air Worlds event in Eugene, Oregon.
According to the Athletics Integrity Unit, a biological sample taken on June 4 from the 28-year-old sprinter contained an experimental drug (GW1516) designed to eliminate fat and increase endurance, which can alter metabolism and is considered dangerous. for human use.
The same substance has already been detected in the samples of professional cyclists and Russian Olympic champion Elena Lashmanova, who served a two-year suspension and was stripped of her gold medal on the 20-kilometer march in Beijing in 2012, this time for yet another doping violation.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
