Brazil coaches take place for doping athletes
Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2009 | 5:26 PM
Two coaches on the Brazilian athletics team are taking the blame for the doping of five athletes who were preparing for the upcoming world championships in Germany.
Jayme Netto and Inaldo Sena say at a news conference that each of the Brazilian athletes was given shots of the endurance-booster drug EPO without their knowledge.
The coaches say the athletes were told they were being given amino acids shots.
The Brazilian athletics confederation said yesterday that Bruno Lins Tenorio de Barros, Jorge Celio da Rocha Sena, Josiane da Silva Tito, Luciana Franca and Lucimara Silvestre presented \"adverse results\" in out-of-competition tests conducted by the confederation on June 15.
The athletes, who were already in Germany for this month\'s competition, requested their \"B\" samples be tested and returned to Brazil to present their defense.