Pan Am Doping
TORONTO – (AP)The Pan American Sports Association says four athletes have been pulled from the international competition after positive drug tests.
The association says three of the athletes _ Cinthya Vanessa Dominguez Lara of Mexico, Nelson Gomez of Puerto Rico and Javier Jesus Ortiz Angulo of Colombia _ tested positive for anabolic steroids.
It says the fourth, Mario Mercedes Castillo of the Dominican Republic, tested positive for a banned stimulant.
Eduardo De Rose, chairman of the organization’s medical commission, says every major sporting event has a number of anti-doping violations, but it’s surprising to see this many cases so early in the Games.
Dominguez Lara is a weightlifter and the other three are baseball players.
The Peruvian delegation says swimmer Mauricio Fiol, the silver medallist in the 200-metre butterfly, has also tested positive for steroids and has been suspended from the team.