Croatia striker fails drugs test...
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how is he allowed to play england should protest
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ssn says it was a pain blocker, not performing enhancement and is only banned because the doctor didnt fill out a form (or something like that)
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Croatia striker Ivica Olic has tested positive for a banned substance at Euro 2004 but is able to continue playing.
Olic, 24, tested for the pain-killing substance methylpresnisolone after the 2-2 draw with France on 17 June, when he was used as a late substitute.
But Uefa's control and disciplinary body ruled the player was not at fault and can play against England on Monday.
The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has been fined £4,335 for not following the correct anti-doping procedures.
Olic suffered a rib injury during a Euro 2004 warm-up game against Denmark on 5 June and was given a pain-killing which contained methylpresnisolone.
HNS doctor Zoran Bahtijarevic - responsible for anti-doping matters - has received an official warning from Uefa and Boris Nemec, who treated Olic, a reprimand.
Uefa ruled that the two doctors failed to complete and submit the necessary Therapeutic Use Exemption form (TUE) which would have been deemed acceptable.
"Methylpresnisolone is a pain blocker - this is simply a case of the correct people not being informed," said a Uefa spokesman.
"We would have accepted it if we'd been informed - unfortunately we weren't because something went wrong with the administration and there was a mix-up between the Croatian doctor and the doctor treating the player.
"It was the doctor's duty to inform the Croatian FA doctor - and that's why they've been fined and warned rather than the player."
HNS has three days to appeal against the fine.
Croatia striker Ivica Olic has tested positive for a banned substance at Euro 2004 but is able to continue playing.
Olic, 24, tested for the pain-killing substance methylpresnisolone after the 2-2 draw with France on 17 June, when he was used as a late substitute.
But Uefa's control and disciplinary body ruled the player was not at fault and can play against England on Monday.
The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has been fined £4,335 for not following the correct anti-doping procedures.
Olic suffered a rib injury during a Euro 2004 warm-up game against Denmark on 5 June and was given a pain-killing which contained methylpresnisolone.
HNS doctor Zoran Bahtijarevic - responsible for anti-doping matters - has received an official warning from Uefa and Boris Nemec, who treated Olic, a reprimand.
Uefa ruled that the two doctors failed to complete and submit the necessary Therapeutic Use Exemption form (TUE) which would have been deemed acceptable.
"Methylpresnisolone is a pain blocker - this is simply a case of the correct people not being informed," said a Uefa spokesman.
"We would have accepted it if we'd been informed - unfortunately we weren't because something went wrong with the administration and there was a mix-up between the Croatian doctor and the doctor treating the player.
"It was the doctor's duty to inform the Croatian FA doctor - and that's why they've been fined and warned rather than the player."
HNS has three days to appeal against the fine.
chez
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This guy wasnt trying to hide anything, Rio on the other hand was trying to outwit the FA. If it is as it sounds then this croat shouldnt be banned.
Rangdo
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The procedures are there for a reason. The doctors haven't declared it and he subsequently fails a drug test for a banned substance but is let off. Whats the point in having the rules and not enforcing them. A small fine is hardly a deterent.
Wardy
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I think the point is that Ivica Olic was not trying to hide anything. He took the drug on his doctors advise, whos job it was to tell UEFA that he had taken it. It was not a perfomance enhancing drug, and he got no benefit in that way. The fault was with his team and more specificly the team doctor. Rio on the other hand missed a drug test, did he do it on purpose or by mistake, only he realy knows the point his HE made the mistake.
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chez said:
How do you know? I'm more than prepared to believe he was just being a dozy shit. Sport seems to be rather hypocritical, if Alan Baxter is stripped of his medal for using Vick's, and this bloke is allowed to play despite testing positive, whilst someone who never tested positive cannot play ...
All a bit fooked up
Lord Bracknell
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I just hope that Sven has declared the use of Elastoplast on all those blisters that our boys seem to have been suffering from.
Stumpy Tim
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chez said:
Absolute rubbish. I can't believe people still believe this to be the case! Rio admitted his mistake & offered to take the test 2 hours after missing it & was not told to bother by the testers! At his appeal hearing he then offered to give hair samples, where drugs stay longer than normal.
Rio was clearly innocent of taking a banned substance. According to the rules, this guy was guilty. The difference - corrupt slimeball Sepp Blatter didn't step in on this occasion