I’m so sad. SEA Games is taking place in Cambodia and I’m sitting at home so I feel sad. If the sentence is 4 years, it is heavy for me. I think I was only banned for 2-3 years. But until now I have not received an official notification.
In the near future, I will continue to practice and try to return. I still want to continue playing” Quach Thi Lan shared.
As informed at the meeting organized by the Council Southeast Asian sports held yesterday (May 4) Director of the Vietnam Center for Doping and Sports Medicine is also Deputy Head of the Medical and Doping Control Subcommittee SEA Games 31 – Doctor Nguyen Van Phu announced the identities of 5 Vietnamese athletes infected with doping at the 31st SEA Games taking place in 2022.
Accordingly, 5 Vietnamese athletes tested positive for doping include: Quach Thi Lan ( 400m hurdles gold, 4x400m relay gold, 400m bronze medal) Khuat Phuong Anh (800m gold medal, 1,500m silver medal) Vu Ngoc Ha (long jump gold medal, triple jump gold medal) Hoang Thi Ngoc (4x400m relay gold medal) Le Ngoc Phuc (400m medal, relay silver medal) 4x400m).
According to the results of test samples taken at SEA Games 31, in addition to 5 Vietnamese track and field athletes, there are 5 other cases also positive for banned substances, including 2 Thai athletes and 2 athletes. of Myanmar and an athlete from Indonesia.
Previously, in the explanation of 5 Vietnamese athletes, they said they used the same functional food but did not know it contained banned substances.
It is known that the penalty The ban for 5 Vietnamese athletes is 4 years but has not been officially announced by the Vietnam Athletics Federation. This is a relatively heavy sentence that can cause many athletes to retire. However, if Quach Thi Lan and her teammates train well, they can still return.
Thus, from 22 gold medals, the Vietnamese athletics team will lose 4 due to the above athletes participating in the competitions. Individual and team events had gold medals (Lan and Ngoc both competed in the women’s 4x400m relay and won gold medals, so they were counted as deprived of 1 gold medal). The women’s long jump and 400m hurdles gold still belongs to Vietnam with Bui Thi Thu Thao and Nguyen Thi Huyen ranked 2nd.
Before the 32nd SEA Games, the doping problem was reported by the industry sports is of particular interest. Director of the Vietnam Center for Doping and sports Medicine, Doctor Nguyen Van Phu, said: “In 2023, Vietnamese sports will also participate in the Asiad and beyond the Olympics, anti-doping organizations all have procedures to test athletes.
The General Department of Sports and Physical Training has sent a document to all school departments that train athletes to prepare for the SEA Games regarding doping testing regulations for athletes The list of banned substances applicable in 2023 has been updated to all athlete management units and directly to athletes.
Doping testing at SEA Games 32 is very strict and is controlled by the Organizing Committee. taking a relatively large number of doping test samples. The number of athletes with high achievements at SEA Games 32 will almost certainly be tested for doping.
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