Patrick Mendes and Joshua Gilbert, top Olympic weightlifters, were banned from “Average Broz’s Gymnasium” (Las Vegas, Nevada). They tested positive for prohibited products. Steroids were not the medications taken by these sportsmen. They administered non-steroidal medicines that are also forbidden under Code of the WADA.
Patrick Mendes tested positive for prohibited preparations in February 2012 before the United States Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting scheduled who would represent the US at the 2012 London Olympics. The athlete tested for HGH; as a result, he was sentenced to a suspension.
Joshua Gilbert tested positive for the diuretic product furosemide at the 2012 National Weightlifting Championships. It was in March 2012.
Furosemide is a medicine that is used by those who take steroids in order to hide usage of steroids. Furthermore, this preparation helps sportspersons to lose weight in order to meet criteria of certain weight categories. Weightlifting, boxing and wrestling are sports that divide competitors to weight categories.
HGH and furosemide are medications that are prohibited by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The anti-doping system of the IWF meets criteria of the WADA Code.
The weightlifters Mendes and Gilbert were coached by John Broz. Broz lived and trained with the prominent Bulgarian weightlifter Antonio Krastev during his career. Krastev broke a world record snatch of 216 kg in 1987. John Broz studied the Bulgarian system of trainings and brought certain methods to America. He established own training gym in Las Vegas.
Mendes was sentenced to 2-year ban. As for Gilbert, he was sentenced to 3-year suspension.
The suspensions of these athletes are failure for “Average Broz’s Gym”. So, the greatest weightlifters were not allowed to represent their native country at the 2012 London Olympics.
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