BMX rider accepts two year drug ban
Victorian BMX rider Daniel Galea has been suspended for two years after he was caught possessing and using steroids.
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) Friday announced that the former state champion accepted the ban.
He is ineligible to compete in all sporting competition for two years, dating from April this year.
Galea was found by ASADA to have possessed and used nandrolone, metenolone and methandienone at various times in 2007, and testosterone at various times in 2005 and 2007.
According to ASADA he attempted to import trenbolone concealed as another substance.
The four packets of liquid steroids, which were labelled non-allergenic personal lubricant, were posted through the mail and detected by the Australian Customs Service in late 2007.
“This sanction is another example of ASADA’s success in identifying and sanctioning serious anti-doping rule violations by athletes without a positive test,” ASADA Chairman Richard Ings said in a statement.
“By working collaboratively with other government agencies, in this case the Australian Customs Service, ASADA has been able to identify and sanction serious doping violations that previously went undetected.”
Posted: October 17th, 2008 under Steroid Busts.
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