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Post by amjohnston on Jul 23, 2009 16:46:00 GMT -5
LONDON -- Volleyball players Riley Salmon of the United States and Daniela Lanner Mapeli of Brazil have been suspended for doping violations.
Governing body FIVB said Thursday that Salmon received a four-month ban after her regular medication for hypertension was replaced by her doctor with Avalide, which contains the prohibited substance hydrochlorothizide.
Mapeli received a three-month suspension after taking the over-the-counter flu medication Gripefago C, which contains the prohibited substance isometheptene, during the CEV Women's Final Four in Rome.
FIVB said: "Although any violation of the anti-doping regulations must be taken seriously, none of these cases resulted from intentional doping."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2009 16:50:07 GMT -5
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Post by volleyballer4life on Jul 23, 2009 23:44:56 GMT -5
LONDON -- Volleyball players Riley Salmon of the United States and Daniela Lanner Mapeli of Brazil have been suspended for doping violations. Governing body FIVB said Thursday that Salmon received a four-month ban after her regular medication for hypertension was replaced by her doctor with Avalide, which contains the prohibited substance hydrochlorothizide. Mapeli received a three-month suspension after taking the over-the-counter flu medication Gripefago C, which contains the prohibited substance isometheptene, during the CEV Women's Final Four in Rome. FIVB said: "Although any violation of the anti-doping regulations must be taken seriously, none of these cases resulted from intentional doping." HIS. Riley is male. Not sure what to think of this - I always respected Riley as a player. When this happens to baseball players and they begin to accuse their physicians, I rarely find myself accepting that excuse... I feel my blatant bias coming into play here. If I wouldn't give the benefit of the doubt to a baseball player, is it wrong to do it for a volleyballer? |
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Post by lonewolf on Jul 24, 2009 14:49:13 GMT -5
The short suspension time is due to the committee believing Salmon took the Diuretic inadvertently when his usual prescription was substituted.
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Post by CityTechLegend on Jul 24, 2009 15:38:37 GMT -5
LONDON -- Volleyball players Riley Salmon of the United States and Daniela Lanner Mapeli of Brazil have been suspended for doping violations. Governing body FIVB said Thursday that Salmon received a four-month ban after her regular medication for hypertension was replaced by her doctor with Avalide, which contains the prohibited substance hydrochlorothizide. Mapeli received a three-month suspension after taking the over-the-counter flu medication Gripefago C, which contains the prohibited substance isometheptene, during the CEV Women's Final Four in Rome. FIVB said: "Although any violation of the anti-doping regulations must be taken seriously, none of these cases resulted from intentional doping." HIS. Riley is male. Not sure what to think of this - I always respected Riley as a player. When this happens to baseball players and they begin to accuse their physicians, I rarely find myself accepting that excuse... I feel my blatant bias coming into play here. If I wouldn't give the benefit of the doubt to a baseball player, is it wrong to do it for a volleyballer? Hypertention is a typical medical issue in the States (my whole family has it to some degree). However, when it becomes a major medical issue and you need medication for it the items you need to take are carefully monitored. If the prescription he was taking is not available (and he is in another country where regulations on certain products are different) than the explination makes sense. Now the severity of the punishment (in my eyes) is questionable, but understandable with recent events. (Hypretention by the way isn't very good for the heart. It could cause heart attcaks or strokes. So if anyone truly questions what his conditions are look into it just a bit.) |
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