2015 Values-Based Education Conference
October 2-3, 2015
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
SYDNEY 2000: DRUG TESTING; Gymnast Tests Positive and Loses Gold:
A Romanian team doctor administered the drug stimulant pseudoephedrine to the 16-year-old Raducan in the form of a cold medicine. Dr. Ioachin Oana was held responsible and expelled from the Games. …
“A team physician should be able to read a bloody label on a package,” said Dick Pound, vice president of the International Olympic Committee and head of the I.O.C.’s World Anti-Doping Agency. “It was reckless on the part of the physician. His athlete tested positive; and because of it, her medal was withdrawn.” …
Gymnastics Coaching.com 