Weightlifter Gabriel Sîncrăian, who won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Rio, has failed the doping test of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to TVR, quoted by Dolce Sport.
Gabriel Sincraian won the bronze medal at the 85 kg category with a total of 390 kg (172 kg in the snatch event, 217 in the jerk event). Same weight also managed to raise Kazakh Denis Ulanov, but the Romanian athlete, being lighter, was ranked third. Sîncrăian weighed 84.33 kg, while Ulanov was 84.95 kg. The gold medal was won by Kianoush Rostami (Iran) with 396 kg.
Sîncrăian had been suspended because of doping during 2013-2015.
Besides the suspension and the withdrawal of Sîncrăian’s medal for Romania, the Romanian Olympic Committee (COSR) will have to pay a fine amounting to EUR 100,000.
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