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Yesterday afternoon the 'Ibu announced that Edgars Piksons & egrave; tested positive for a metabolite of nandrolone and announced as the 'athlete had requested the counter. But in the evening the Latvian Biathlon federation announced that the thirty-one has announced his retirement.
Thursday 6 November 2014 2 minutes reading time
The press release states of the federation as the 'Ibu gave all''atleta time until November 10 to provide an explanation, arrived yesterday.
Piksons wrote that he was surprised at the positivity & agrave; and that he had never knowingly taken illegal substances or products that could contain them because & eacute; knows what may be the consequences of these actions.
The thirty-one Latvian & ograve; you & egrave; assumed responsibility & agrave; dell''accaduto stating that the most likely metabolite of nandrolone & egrave; entered his body via a dietary supplement of US production taken independently, without asking for information about a doctor.
Conscious of the fact that the urine contained in the sample-B will not give different results from those of the sample-A, has decided to give up the counter and at the same time to end his career.
Piksons ended his note apologizing for the damage 'caused to the image biathlon.
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