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Pakistani powerlifter Butt fails doping test at Paralympics
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-09-09 11:46
BEIJING -- Pakistani powerlifter Naveed Ahmed Butt failed a doping test at the Beijing Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Tuesday.
It is the first doping offense at the September 6-17 Paralympics.
Butt, 37, tested positive for methandienone metabolites, a steroid, and received a two-year ban, the IPC said in a statement.
The urine sample was taken on September 4 in Beijing, two days before the opening ceremony.
"In accordance with the IPC anti-doping code, and after a hearing of the IPC anti-doping committee, the IPC ratified the decision to disqualify Butt from the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, " the statement said.
