This story just gets more complicated.
A few hours ago Yuri issued his first statement:
… “Since my discharge I have not used any drugs or cocaine,” van Gelder said in a statement. “The two-year recovery period has been harder than I estimated at times, and the past few weeks were a low point.”
The rings specialist said he withdrew from the world championships in order to prevent a relapse, commenting that the pressure of performing at such a high caliber event in his home country was too much. …
He’s saying the Federation assumed that he had had a relapse. And announced it to the world. A “scandal” he calls it.
… I don’t know what to think.
In happier days, …
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