Soccernet: Story On Mexicans' Negative Second Drug Test

[Bruce]

Gold CupMexico players test negativeJune 14, 2011
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The Mexican Football Federation have announced that the five Mexico players who were suspended from the country's CONCACAF Gold Cup squad after testing positive for clenbuterol have now returned negative tests for the banned substance.


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Guillermo Ochoa and four team-mates tested positive on June 9
The FMF announced in a statement on their official website the results of tests on the quintet performed at the laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles, on June 10 were negative.

Antonio Naelson, Christian Bermudez, Edgar Duenas, Francisco Rodriguez and Guillermo Ochoa had initially all tested positive at a pre-tournament training camp and were immediately placed on suspension by Mexico.

Mexico officials have claimed contaminated meat was to blame.

The federation said the players had requested the 'B' samples of their original May 21 tests now be analysed.

[Bruce]

Mexico FA (FMF) Official Statement

(Translated from Google)

Second test on Selected, Negative

14/06/2011 | 19:42 hrs.

The Mexican Soccer Federation, reports on the incident of national team players who tested positive in doping:


1. The federation advises that today, tomorrow and the players of the National Team, Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Edgar Dueñas, Antonio Naelson and Christian Bermudez, personally, have been and will to the authorities of the University Laboratory UCLA to request the opening of evidence B for the sample of May 21.

2. Today, the UCLA Laboratory has informed us that the tests on Friday June 10, five players mentioned above were negative.

FMF 3.La not give additional information up pending completion of the proceedings that started the Disciplinary Committee in relation to the subject matter.

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