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Bulgaria’s athlete Silvia Danekova tested positive for growth hormone, misses Rio summer Olympics

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Bulgaria’s athlete Silvia Danekova who was supposed to represent that country at the 3,000  steeplechase event in Rio summer Olympic Games was tested positive for growth hormone. Silvia Danekova herself said that she had not violated the rules, although her B sample was also positive. I was tested four times since I arrived at the Olympic village in Rio. The first three tests were negative and I was waiting for the fourth one for a long time. Eventually we learnt that it was positive. I was very shocked, because I was sure it would never happen, Silvia Danekova told the Bulgarian National Television. According to the new rules of the World Anti-doping Agency, athletes caught with doping for the first time are banned from competing for four years.




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