Meat blamed as 5 Mexicans fail test
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June 11, 2011, Saturday
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Five Mexico players suspended from the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States after failing a doping test had eaten contaminated meat and should be cleared after a second test, a Mexican soccer official said.
The Mexican Football Federation on Thursday said the players had all tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol from tests carried out in Mexico on May 21.
Clenbuterol can be used to speed up and increase muscle mass in animals. A number of athletes, including three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, have blamed their positive test results on eating meat adulterated with the steroid.
Hector Gonzalez, Femexfut's director of national teams, said the players had eaten tainted meat at Mexico's High Performance Center where the team prepared to defend the Gold Cup.
"Unfortunately, by accident, these players ate beef contaminated with the substance clenbuterol," he told a news conference following Mexico's 5-0 win over Cuba in Group A in Charlotte, South Carolina.
Femexfut General Secretary Decio de Maria earlier named the players as goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, defenders Francisco Rodriguez and Edgar Duenas, and midfielders Antonio Naelson 'Sinha' and Christian Bermudez. De Maria said the players, who face bans of up to two years, had all been suspended from the tournament.
Gonzalez said the players would fly to Los Angeles today for another test at the University of California Los Angeles's certified laboratory which would "surely be negative."
"We will ask also for the B samples (of the original tests) to be opened and we will await the results," he added.
Mexico had only 17 players available for its match against Cuba, a second successive 5-0 victory that ensured it qualified for the quarterfinals.
The Mexican Football Federation on Thursday said the players had all tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol from tests carried out in Mexico on May 21.
Clenbuterol can be used to speed up and increase muscle mass in animals. A number of athletes, including three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, have blamed their positive test results on eating meat adulterated with the steroid.
Hector Gonzalez, Femexfut's director of national teams, said the players had eaten tainted meat at Mexico's High Performance Center where the team prepared to defend the Gold Cup.
"Unfortunately, by accident, these players ate beef contaminated with the substance clenbuterol," he told a news conference following Mexico's 5-0 win over Cuba in Group A in Charlotte, South Carolina.
Femexfut General Secretary Decio de Maria earlier named the players as goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, defenders Francisco Rodriguez and Edgar Duenas, and midfielders Antonio Naelson 'Sinha' and Christian Bermudez. De Maria said the players, who face bans of up to two years, had all been suspended from the tournament.
Gonzalez said the players would fly to Los Angeles today for another test at the University of California Los Angeles's certified laboratory which would "surely be negative."
"We will ask also for the B samples (of the original tests) to be opened and we will await the results," he added.
Mexico had only 17 players available for its match against Cuba, a second successive 5-0 victory that ensured it qualified for the quarterfinals.
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