Manju’s Commonwealth gold medal stripped

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The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) yesterday stripped Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi of the gold medal after he tested positive for the anabolic steroids after his victory in New Delhi.

Sri Lanka’s Manju Wanniarachchi lawyers have vowed to carry on his fight to try to keep his Commonwealth Games gold medal after he was stripped of his title by a court here today following a positive test for anabolic steroids after his victory in New Delhi.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Court rejected claims from 30-year-old Wanniarachchi that he should not be punished following a positive test for nandrolone after he beat Wales’ Sean McGoldrick in the final of bantamweight division in the Indian capital last October.

Wanniarachchi’s legal team had claimed before a hearing chaired by Malyasia’s Prince Tunku Imran, the vice-president of the CGF, that there was a breakdown in the chain of custody after a sample was taken and it being transported to the drugs laboratory in Delhi. (Source: insidethegames)