Sport in Short: Drugs in Sport
A CIS weightlifting coach has confirmed a report that Alexander Kurlovich, who retained his Olympic super-heavyweight title last year, failed a drugs test just before the Barcelona Games. Leonty Goncharenko claimed that despite failing the original test in his own country Kurlovich had travelled to Barcelona and passed further tests, upon arrival and after his victory.
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