http://www.superxtra.co.za/default.asp?id=191807&des=articlestår visstnok at iran er bannlyst, men at Hossein Rezazadeh ikke testet positivt.
hørte det fra en vektløfter på tis at Hossein Rezazadeh hadde testet positivt, men mulig det ikke er riktig da.
Iranian weightlifting team banned − Reza Zadeh negative
The entire Iranian weightlifting team has been barred from competing in the upcoming World Championships after nine out of 11 members of the squad tested positive for doping, state media reported Monday.
The ban includes world and Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh -- the massive 28 year-old who is the most famous sportsman in the Islamic republic -- although he was one of the two athletes who tested negative.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) told the Iranian Weightlifting Federation on Saturday that Iranian athletes were not allowed to take part in the championship after the doping offences, the press reported.
Rezazadeh, double Olympic Champion and world record holder in the +105 kilogramme category said: "I am certain of myself and all Iranians should know that their champion is healthy."
The reports in state media did not say what the nine had tested positive for, but Iran's national weightlifting coach, Georgi Ivanov, a Bulgarian, was quoted as referring to food supplements.
He said he was not aware the "additives" in the food supplements that he prescribed for the athletes were illegal and had only done it in order to enhance their abilities.
The other athlete to test negative in the squad was the lesser-known Asghar Ebrahimi.
Ever since he broke the world record in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Rezazadeh's picture has decorated billboards and buses in Iran and his reputation has even surpassed that of the world's top football scorer Ali Daei.
The Iranian Physical Education Authority said that it would deal seriously with those behind the doping.
http://politiken.dk/sport/article183493.eceSkygge af doping
Den over 150 kilo tunge Hossein Reza Zadehs VM-guld står dog i skyggen af en større dopingsag blandt de øvrige iranske vægtløftere.
For en uge siden blev ni af Hossein Reza Zadehs landsmænd nægtet adgang til mesterskaberne i Den Dominikanske Republik, da der blev fundet for høje værdier af stoffet testosteron i de afgivne prøver.
Hossein Reza Zadeh, som var en af blot to iranere der kunne fremvise negative tests, har dog ren samvittighed.
Så det som tydeligvis er saken da er at han er utestengt, ikke pga egen dopingdom, men pga kollektiv avstraffelse fordi 9 av 11 utøvere testet positivt på laget hans...
