29/07/2016   Roma 2016 - Liu Hong suspended for a month






Unfortunately it does not exist in the world always in motion today, the possibility of a quick stop.

 

Today it causes an uproar the news revealed by the IAAF Newsletter n. 175 e issued yesterday and immediately taken by the sport press today.

 

The Rome 2016 doping control has revealed the positivity of Liu Hong (CHN).

 
 
 
 

The offence, apparently relating to a minor substance, is not mentioned, but almost certainly Liu Hong will lose the title won in Rome on May 7 in the IAAF World Team Race Walk Championships.

 

If confirmed, the new rank should see the victory of Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez (MEX), silver to Qieyang Shenjie (CHN), bronze to Erica De Sena (BRA) and fourth place to Elisa Rigaudo (ITA).

 

In the team standing there would be no change: Hong Liu would be replaced from eighth place of Yang Jiayu.

Incidentally Liu Hong would also lose the victory in La Coruna on May 28th, where among other things she was again selected for doping test with negative result.

 

In race walking circles it was known that the athlete had suffered in the twenty days preceding a form of tracheitis which had caused respiratory difficulties.

 

To facilitate breathing during her race of Rome the supporters of the Province in which she live, they had brought an ointment to spread on the chest (such as those that are given to children when they have a cold) based on herbal and flowers products of traditional Chinese medicine, that most likely contained some non-compliant substances.

 

The traditional oriental medicine products are used for thousands of years in Chinese medicine and come from a variety of sources, including fruits and orchids, but obviously the risk that contain a substance, even minor, not conforming always exists and athletes must put more and more attention to what they are taking.

 

 

 

 

 

The news on today sport newspaper Tuttosport signed by Andrea Schiavon: click here

 

 

 

 

Updated results on IAAF website: click here

 

 

 

 

The news on British sport magazine Athletics Weekly: click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice photo of Liu Hong at the press conference of Taicang 2014

(foto by Kevin Lee - Getty Images Asia)