Hair drug ban lifted

Posted on October 10, 2008

Oct 2008

 

The physic which was responsible notwithstanding Brazilian soccer star Romario’sitting doping ban is being removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) banned list.
 

The substance  - sold as finasteride -  was the same remedy which saw former Socceroo Stan Lazaridis been banned from playing soccer for 12 months later than testing express in November 2006.

Lazaridis’ positive test resulted from manipulation he was receiving for alopecia - a condition he disclosed and was accepted by football authorities on his arrival back in Australia from playing in England for West Ham.

Brazilian star Romario tested positive in 2007. Finasteride is not only an ingredient in a popular hair-restoration pill, but was also believed to be capable of masking steroid usage. It was prohibited in 2005.

The former FIFA World Player of the Year, who had used a prescription hair loss product that contained finasteride, was banned for four months.

The 42-year-old’s ultimate appearance for Vasco da Gama was against Internacional in November 2007 and he announced his loneliness from the sport in March.

Romario also played a handful of games for A-League club Adelaide United two seasons ago.

WADA reported today finasteride would be removed from its banned list on January 1 after further reflection showed athletes gained no tangible vantageground from the drug.

 

Among those affected by the ban on finasteride were American skeleton racer Zach Lund who was banned for a year.

Others who regard pure positive for the drug in recent years include NHL goalie Jose Theodore, French runners Nordine Gezzar and Latifa Essarokh, Italian golfer Alessandro Pissilli, Monaco Olympic bobsledder Sebastien Gattuso, New Zealand tennis player Mark Neilsen and Argentine tennis player Mariano Hood.

German wheelchair basketball player Ahmet Coskun was banned from the Paralympics finally month after testing positive, and Israeli sailor Udi Gal tested positive this summer, but was allowed to enter the Beijing Games nonetheless.

WADA made the decision to remove finasteride and other alpha-reductase inhibitors late utmost month, calling the review "an important responsibility … in the harmonisation of the global fight against doping in sport”.

"These substances have been rendered inefficacious. as masking agents of steroids,” WADA uttered in a statement announcing the change.

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