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Olympic champion Mutlu tests positive for banned drug
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-26 09:34
Turkish weightlifter Halil Mutlu, a three-time Olympic champion, tested
positive for a banned substance in the European championships last month.
Halil Mutlu competes in the European
weightlifting championship in April 2005. Mutlu -- a three-time Olympic
champion -- tested positive for a banned substance in the championships
last month. [AFP] |
Deputy Prime Minister
Mehmet Ali Sahin said he had been informed that a banned substance was
discovered in a urine sample taken from Mutlu during the European weightlifting
championships in Sofia between April 17-24, where the so-called "Little Dynamo"
won three golds in the 62kg category.
"I don't know the details. I was informed by the sports directorate that
there was also a B sample and that he (Mutlu) would demand that it be also
examined," Sahin told journalists in Istanbul, Anatolia news agency reported.
The minister said he did not believe that the elite weightlifter took the
performance-enhancing substance knowingly, adding that Mutlu had raised the
possibility of someone having contaminated something he ate or drank.
The mass-circulation Hurriyet newspaper quoted an unnamed source close to
Mutlu as saying: "Halil unfortunately tested positive for doping."
The source added: "He did not take the substance deliberately. However, he
took pain-killers ahead of the championships because of an injury. The
medications might have contained the banned substance."
The Turkish weightlifting federation declined to comment, while an official
from the government's directorate of sports told AFP they were looking into the
reports.
The Vatan daily identified the banned substane as Nandrolone, an anabolic
steroid which boosts muscle growth and increases strength.
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