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World champion tests positive

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Posted: Wednesday December 15, 1999 11:09 AM

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -- Romanian gold medallist Razvan Ilie tested positive for an anabolic steroid at last month's world championships where he broke the world snatch record, the Romanian Weightlifting Federation (FRH) said on Wednesday.

"Ilie tested positive with methandienone and he was automatically banned," FRH president and national team coach Nicu Vlad told Reuters. "If a second sample also tests positive, Ilie will have to return the gold he got in Greece."

Ilie, 23, was world snatch champion in the men's 77-kg category in Athens. It is the second time he has tested positive after a previous positive test in 1997.

 

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