Rio de Janeiro Olympic medalist in the 20-kilometer walk Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez, a Mexican medalist, has lost an appeal for four years of disqualification for doping and may face higher penalties for perjury, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AI) said on Tuesday.
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The AIU reports that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed Gonsales’ appeal of disqualification following analyzes in which the steroid trenbolone was discovered in 2018.
The AIU has published a CAS decision dated 2 July confirming the initial disqualification of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now the World Athletics Association – WA) for four years because Gonzalez could not prove that the banned substance had entered her body. inadvertently – eating trails.
Trenbolone is used in cattle in some countries, including Mexico, to accelerate the growth of appetite muscle mass and stimulate appetite, and athletes who can prove that they have not used the substance intentionally can avoid sanctions.
The 31-year-old Gonzalez, who won silver in the 20-kilometer distance at the 2016 Rio and 2017 World Championships, has been disqualified until 2022, but may now face additional sanctions as the AIU said it would punish athletes for “any doping control”. infringement of this Part “.
The CAS states that Gonzalez acknowledged before the CAS and in his letter of appeal that she had not told the IAAF Disciplinary Court that “her evidence had been falsified and that documents and testimony had been fabricated”.
The decision says Gonsales had given false testimony about the meat she ate before the positive test.
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