TRIPLE JUMPER CHRYSOPIGI Devetzi has committed a third doping offence after the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) re-analysis of her sample from Beijing 2008 returned an adverse finding.
Earlier this year the Greek athlete was stripped of her bronze medal from the Games in Beijing after a failed drugs test at the 2007 World Championships resulted in the IAAF disqualifying her results between 31 August, 2007 and 30 August, 2009.
Devetzi was also banned from competing at London 2012 as part of a two-year ban for “failure to submit to sample collection” in May 2009.
Her latest misdemeanour relates to the re-analysis of her sample from Beijing 2008, which tested posted for stanozolol, a synthetic anabolic steroid.
Devetzi, now 41, is one of 16 athletes to be sanctioned in relation to the Games in China, nine of whom were medallists in their respective sports and have consequently been stripped of their honours.
Russian athletes Khadzhimurat Akkaev, Khasan Baroev, Dmitry Lapikov and Elena Slesarenko tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol), an androgenic anabolic steroid.
Three competitors from Ukraine were also found to have used the same substance during the Games — weightlifter Natalya Davydova, high jumper Vita Palamar and pole vaulter Denys Yurchenko.
Like Devetzi, the use of stanozolol was behind the sanctions for Asset Mambetov, Maya Maneza, Irina Nekrassova and Vladimir Sedov, while their Kazakh compatriot Mariya Grabovetskaya was found to have taken dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol), oxandrolone and stanozolol.
Belarus’ Iryna Kulesha and Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijan also tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol), while weightlifer Nizami Pashayev, also from Azerbaijan, was found to have taken the same substances as Grabovetskaya.
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Carty had a great game. The Connacht players looked absolutely gutted coming off at the end. It was a massive shift to put in. The RDS in the final 10mins was LOUD, seemed louder than the All Black’s game, in the terrace anyways. Heaving so it was. Frawley took some huge hits, especially that one from Aki (Ouch) but had a good game i thought, don’t think I seen him at full back before. Dave Kearney had a mixed game but I felt he stood up as a bit of a leader in the final quarter. Max Deegan did a good job when he came on.
@SPQH: I think the whole of the RDS felt that hit by Aki on Frawley, fair play to him for just jumping straight back up. He can also play centre so a great guy to have on the team.
Jaysus they deserved the win but what a game.
As a connacht fan, we only have ourselves to blame. Our defence I thought was too passive on the gainline. Its been the same all season, with a lack of agression, you give away allot of linebreaks and you’re always scrambling. Thats three we’ve lost in the last ten with poor defending when we should be closing it out. Glasgow, Ospreys and now Leinster. A 6-5 record should be a 9-2, and defeats will probably cost us a play off spot. Amazingly, for a team.who won the pro12, we lack the certainty of confidence that Leinster, Scarlets and Glasgow have.
But fair play to Leinster, their handling was exceptional in the last ten, and they took it from us, rather than us throwing it away even though our composure was awful. Thought Adam Byrne was awesome all game. Connacht have to learn to play for 80, similar to Ireland after the 2013 to the all blacks.
I thought Adam Byrne had a savage game. He always looks for the offload.
Underrated player.
Gutted 4 Connaught they just seemed to run out of petrol.
@Gerald Long: Diesel in the wesht lad
Subs made the difference.
its a f*****g hard one to take!!
Once Leinster brought out the 2nds to replace the 3rds it was all over.