Woman Rower Disqualified for China's National Games for Doping

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Woman Rower Disqualified for China's National Games for Doping

Another Chinese woman rower was disqualified from the on-going National Games for failing a doping test, the games organizing committee announced Monday in Guangzhou.

Another Chinese woman rower was disqualified from the on-going National Games for failing a doping test, the games organizing committee announced Monday in Guangzhou.

Zhang Li from southwest China's Sichuan Province, bronze medalist for the quadruple sculls event last Friday, had her urine Sample A tested positive. It showed a greater ratio than six of the presence of testosterone to epitestostrone (T/E), which represents a violation of the anti-doping code, according to the games organizers.

The disciplinary commission and competition department of the organizing committee decided to immediately disqualify Zhang from the games and strip the Sichuan team of the rowing medal. Zhang will face further punishment by the Chinese Rowing Association, the sport's national governing body.

Last Saturday, Zhou Xinrong, a woman rower from central China's Henan Province, was disqualified from the games for the same reason.

The organizing committee said here on Monday that further lab analysis on Zhou's urine sample had found that the abnormal T/E ratio (greater than six) was caused by some external pharmaceutical sources. It is ruled that the urine sample was tested for testosterone.

The organizers decided to sustain its earlier disciplinary actions against Zhou, who still faces further punishment by the Chinese Rowing Association.

Meanwhile, the organizers circulated a notice to all the participating delegations at the games, which criticizes Shanghai woman soccer player Gao Hongxia, for her unauthorized use of a medicine listed as of limited category. Gao's urine sample had been tested positive of propranolol, a kind of Beta-blockers.

Documents submitted by the Shanghai delegation indicated that Gao had taken the medicine since last April for treatment of hyperthyroidism. Gao had failed, however, to submit the diagnosis and her medication prior to the games in light of the regulations. She did so when she was picked up for a doping test five days ago.

The Shanghai women's soccer team and the team physician were also criticized for Gao's unauthorized use of the medicine.

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