Brazilian trio suspended.8/7/2009 8:00:19 AM The Brazilian Athletics Confederation A union of states in which each member state retains some independent control over internal and external affairs. Thus, for international purposes, there are separate states, not just one state. (CBAt) has announced that three Brazilian athletes have been suspended for two years after testing positive for a banned substance banned substance n (SPORT) → sustancia prohibida banned substance n → sostanza al bando (nello sport) . Sprinters Bruno Tenorio and Jorge Celio Sena and heptathlete Lucimara Silvestre, who tested positive for Recombinant recombinant /re·com·bi·nant/ (re-kom´bi-nant) 1. the new entity (e.g., gene, protein, cell, individual) that results from genetic recombination. 2. pertaining or relating to such an entity. See also under DNA. EPO EPO see erythropoietin. EPO Erythropoietin, see there , waived their right to have their B samples examined to avoid a possible more stringent punishment, a CBAt statement on their website said. The suspension runs until June 2011. They were among five Brazilian athletes who tested positive for the same substance at Presidente Prudente Pre·si·den·te Pru·den·te A city of south-central Brazil near the Paraná River west-northwest of São Paulo. It is a processing and shipping center for a coffee-growing region. Population: 207,000. in Brazil in June and had been training in Germany ahead of the world championships in Berlin. All five, who include sprinters Josiane Tito and Luciana Franca, had initially asked for their B samples to be tested. Their coaches at the club Rede Atletismo, Jayme Netto and Inaldo Sena, who admitted knowledge of the athletes' use of the substance, were also suspended on Wednesday. More investigations to come CBAt said it believed there was more to be revealed and would investigate the incident further. "Reading the reports of the athletes and trainers there are strong indications of the participation of at least one person who guided them, in a perverse per·verse adj. 1. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted. 2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn. 3. a. and deliberate way, to use the banned substances," it said in an earlier statement. Tenorio was in the Brazil team that finished fourth in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the Beijing Olympics last year while Tito and Silvestre also competed at the Games. Netto coached the Brazil 4x100 relay team that won the silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The world championships start on August 15. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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