Azerbaijan body fined

By Agencies – Global Times Source:Agencies - Global Times Published: 2014-4-3 9:01:44

Azerbaijan's weightlifting body has been fined $500,000 after nine lifters tested positive last year, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said Wednesday.

The governing body said the Azeri federation has been given six months to pay up and until the fine is paid in full the Caspian country would not be eligible to participate in IWF events.

Zulfugar Suleymanov, who won bronze in the 62-kilogram category at the European championships in ­Tirana, Albania last year, was given a life ban by the international body following a second doping offense in 2010.

Another four male and an equal number of female lifters were handed two-year bans.

The IWF said all of them tested positive for Dehydromethyltestosterone, a synthetic anabolic steroid with low androgenic effects and little pregestational activity.



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