Raducan took drug for a cold

Raducan took drug for a cold

SYDNEY, Australia - International Olympic Commission Director General Francois Carrard speaks in a television news conference Sept. 26 on the decision to strip Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan of her all-round Olympic gold medal after she tested positive for a banned drug. Carrard said Raducan had taken the over-the-counter medicine Nurofen for a cold in all innocence and that she had gained no competitive advantage from the stimulant pseudo-ephedrine that it contained.

David_Nilsson-Chunichi_Dragons-1

David_Nilsson-Chunichi_Dragons-1

David_Nilsson: Baseball star David Nilsson is not likely to miss any of the games at the Sydney Olympics in September over a positive drug test at last year's Intercontinental Cup competition, sources close to the Chunichi Dragons player said Wednesday. Nilsson tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine at last November's competition in Australia and was subsequently given a three-month suspension by the International Baseball Federation (IBF), which later reduced the ban to one month. Glen Partridge, a spokeman for Nilsson's Australia-based personal management firm, Dingo International, told Kyodo News that Nilsson has admitted to taking a dietary supplement, but added that he was unaware it contained ephedrine. Nilsson, known to Japanese baseball fans as ''Dingo,'' is Australia's highest profile baseball player and led the Olympic hosts to the championship in the Intercontinental Cup with a 4-3 win over Cuba last November. (April 19, 2000)

Raducan took drug for a cold

Raducan took drug for a cold

SYDNEY, Australia - International Olympic Commission Director General Francois Carrard speaks in a television news conference Sept. 26 on the decision to strip Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan of her all-round Olympic gold medal after she tested positive for a banned drug. Carrard said Raducan had taken the over-the-counter medicine Nurofen for a cold in all innocence and that she had gained no competitive advantage from the stimulant pseudo-ephedrine that it contained.