Latvian hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs fails doping test

[Superfraggle]

They should absolutely disqualify the team and remove the ranking points they earned from the tournament. Put the onus on the team to make sure everyone is clean for the tournament.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Realtor 1

Anyone know more about the substance? Is this one of those things that can be easily taken by accident/not realizing its illegal?

It can be found in some food supplements. According to the IOCs official investigation the player claimed that his KHL club gave him supplements.

However, the standard for anti doping practices is that athletes are ultimately responsible for the risks for taking supplements. Supplements may be intentionally given prohibited substances but not listed in the ingredients (so the manufacturer can claim better results) or they may unintentionally get contaminated at the manufacturing site from other products.

[skudr248]

Originally Posted by Superfraggle

They should absolutely disqualify the team and remove the ranking points they earned from the tournament. Put the onus on the team to make sure everyone is clean for the tournament.

So the whole Swedish team should be disqualified as well?

[MissTeeks]

Another Latvian busted:

@mirtle: Latvian journalist confirms NCAA defenceman Ralfs Freibergs as second player with positive doping test in Sochi https://twitter.com/UlvisBrozhe/stat...32305289666560