C. Java rower fails drug test

C. Java rower fails drug test

SEMARANG (JP): Central Java rower Djodi Winarso, the bronze
medalist in the 15th National Games, was found guilty of using
the banned substance penipropanolamin.

A member of the Games antidoping commission, Cahyo Adi, said
on Monday evening that should Central Java contest the result of
the test on Sample A, it could appeal and ask that Sample B be
tested at the Bangkok Doping Laboratory. However, the province
would have to pay US$150,000 for the test.

The official in charge of athlete development at the National
Sports Council's Central Java chapter, Dedy Kurniawan, said the
chapter accepted the test result.

"This is really a bitter lesson for Central Java. We can't
deny the test result as the athlete said he took the substance.
Djodi himself admitted it," he said.

Djodi said he took influenza medicine three days before
competing without realizing the medicine contained the banned
substance.

Djodi faces a punishment of either a warning, a fine of
$150,000 or a ban from competition, Dedy said. (har)