Robert Strange, an 83-year-old weightlifter from California who resumed weightlifting after heart surgery and won a gold medal at the 2019 Masters World Championships, has been banned for the year. At the same time, Strange has also accepted a one-year doping ban after being found positive in doping.
According to reports, it has been learned that the US anti-doping agency said on Friday that Strange had consumed the banned hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHI) at the World Championships in August last year. Let us tell you that Strange had won the title in his age and weight category in this tournament.
Let us tell you that Strange had consumed a lot of DHEA on the instructions of a doctor, so he was banned for only one year. Strange started participating in the sport for the first time at the age of 58.
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