November 19 – Corinthians have sidelined participant Gi Fernandes after she failed a doping take a look at throughout the U-20 Girls’s World Cup.
TNT Sports activities and Globo have reported that the 19-year-old athlete examined constructive for Boldenone, an anabolic substance derived from testosterone throughout the match. It’s suspected that the contamination got here from consuming contaminated beef.
Final weekend, she was not within the matchday squad for the primary leg of the ultimate of the Paulista championship between Corinthians and Palmeiras. She first performed for Santos earlier than transferring to the Sao Paulo giants.
On the U-20 match, she began in all 5 of Brazil’s matches, together with the 1-0 quarter-final defeat to eventual champions North Korea.
In an announcement, Corinthians stated: “Sport Membership Corinthians Paulista informs that it was notified final week concerning the constructive lead to an anti-doping take a look at carried out by athlete Gi Fernandes throughout the U-20 Girls’s World Cup, in Colombia, between August and September.”
“Complying with all protocols, the membership promptly eliminated the athlete from its actions since she is preventively suspended whereas the pattern evaluation course of is ongoing. The investigation means of the case is within the counter-testing part of the pattern.”
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