Female Olympian loses medals due to doping tests, blames husband

Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2008-08-22 19:51

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'BEIJING (AP)—Lyudmila Blonska was stripped of her Olympic heptathlon silver medal Friday, the highest-profile athlete kicked out of the Beijing Games so far for doping.

The International Olympic Committee said Blonska tested positive for the steroid methyltestosterone after finishing second in the heptathlon last Saturday behind teammate Nataliia Dobrynska.

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The IOC said she expressed “shock” at the results and couldn’t understand how the banned substance wound up in her system. Though she apologized and said she felt ashamed, Blonska blamed her husband, who has served as her coach for five years, for the failed doping test.

“She expressed that she trusted him to take care of her training and diet,” the IOC said. “She indicated that they had expressly agreed that she would not take any prohibited substances. However, her relationship with her husband was currently conflictual.”'

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The 30-year-old Blonska faces a lifetime ban for a second doping offense. She was suspended from 2003-05 for using the steroid stanozolol.


The IOC said she expressed “shock” at the results and couldn’t understand how the banned substance wound up in her system. Though she apologized and said she felt ashamed, Blonska blamed her husband, who has served as her coach for five years, for the failed doping test.

If this guy was slipping stuff in her system without her knowing, it wouldn't have happened AGAIN (after the first time she got caught). This woman is simply suffering from princess syndrome where nothing is ever her fault.

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Submitted by BinaryShadow on Fri, 2008-08-22 20:26

manonthestreet

"This woman is simply suffering from princess syndrome where nothing is ever her fault"

Note that this woman is Ukrainian. So if this comment is true then it show just how widespread this sort of thinking is. On second thoughts it's always been true for all time that wives blame their husbands.

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Submitted by trotter on Sat, 2008-08-23 19:38