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The meter of doping cases among Russian biathletes continues to rise. With today's, from 2003 onwards there are the beauty of the 11 positive (An average of one'' s year). '' The last to enter his name in the list is sad Valentin Pekhterev.
Saturday 26 April 2014 4 minutes reading time
The Rusada (Russian Anti-Doping Agency) announced that the twenty-one native Verkhneuralsk, but representative of the Tyumen region, has failed a test on a sample taken in Krasnoyarsk on March 7 at the junior national championships.
'' In those days the athlete class of 1993 had gotten crazy results.
In the sprint was imposed despite four shooting errors with an advantage of 18 "4 of Aleksandr Dediukhin (boy selected for the World youth last year), which instead had closed without penalty.
'' In Pursuit has pulverized the competition closing with a margin of 1'' 44 "on the second, thus gaining 1'' 26" on the opponent'' close despite missing two targets more!
In the relay race, deployed in the fourth fraction, received the baton in eighth place and led his team to third place in spite of a penalty lap and six refills used in total.
Today it is discovered how Petkherev result is positive or Endurobol GW501516, an experimental drug against obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease that has been shown to provide significant benefits in terms of resistance.
However you been multiple cases of cancer in mice in which the'' Endurobol was administered and it is feared that it can have the same effect on humans.
Concern about the substance is so high as to push the Wada to issue a statement in March 2013 stating that "the side effects of this chemical compound are serious to the point of letting us take the'' unusual decision to warn those who cheat, so as to let people know clearly what are the possible health risks to those who take GW501516. This is an experimental drug, which, however, have already been suspended by the pharmaceutical company research since it was shown to be highly toxic in the earliest stages of the study. This substance did not get, and will never get the approval clinic.'' However, it remains available for purchase on the black market and we are confident that some athletes use it. "
Is not yet clear whether Pekhterev ask the counter, for sure it is discover the reason for the performance "space" obtained in Krasnoyarsk.
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