Dimitrij Ovtcharov being banned for 2 years from doping.... your thoughts on this?

[Dan]

Dimitrij Ovtcharov has been accused of doping since "Clenbuterol" was found in a doping test after the china open 2010.
he already wrote a statement where he declared that the accusations are not true.

source:

http://www.tischtennis.de/aktuelles/meldung/11064 (official german DTTB page)

his statement: http://www.tischtennis.de/media/downloads/presse/personalie/ovtcharov_presseerklaerung_22-9-2010.pdf

Should he get a 2 year ban for this!?

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[david93fcb]

I don't want him to be banned, he's a unique player and I believe him!
I hope the hair tests of Boll&Co will prove his innocence!

 

[mitchillen]

i don't want him to be banned because he is just another player that can do some work and damage to the chinese possibly.

 

[TableTennisDaily]

i don't want him to be banned because he is just another player that can do some work and damage to the chinese possibly.

This is very true

 

europe need dimi and i think this will only make him a better player, it will drive him to work harder

 

[Dan]

europe need dimi and i think this will only make him a better player, it will drive him to work harder

thanks for joining the forum char yes you are right,, i hope they sort something for him

 

[tenergy05.com]

dope is 4 dopes, if its wrong its wrong. peace dood

thc

 

[Dave Cochrane]

I hope he is innocent as he is very talented and a big threat to the chinese players, also a big part of team europe.
not much information has been given on the substance found that is banned, what could he have taken that had this substance in ?
let's hope it was an innocent mistake

 

[Dan]

Thanks for joining the forum dave!! It is a substance called clenbuterol... saying that it could of been meat but a huge bit of meat it would of had to been apparently...

Heres what an article said taken from http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-doping-ovtcharov ,

BERLIN (AP)—Germany’s table tennis federation said Thursday that a “B” sample from suspended national team player Dimitrij Ovtcharov showed traces of the banned substance clenbuterol. The federation said last week that Ovtcharov had been suspended after the “A” sample from a test at the player’s home on Aug. 23 came up positive for clenbuterol, an anabolic agent that can be used to build muscle and reduce body fat. Ovtcharov has said he never used any banned substance and hadn’t heard of clenbuterol. He competed for the German national team in a tournament in China from Aug. 16 to Aug. 22. Last week, he argued that he likely ate contaminated meat in China. News of Ovtcharov’s positive “B” sample came after it was announced that three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive for a “very small concentration” of clenbuterol. Contador blamed contaminated steak for the result. The federation expects the 22-year-old Ovtcharov will seek a hearing on the results. Depending on the outcome, the federation could open disciplinary proceedings.

The federation says it supports Ovtcharov’s plan to have a hair sample tested in hopes of determining that he was only briefly in contact with the substance.

Clenbuterol is sometimes given to cows, pigs and other animals to increase their growth rate.

 

[CrackTechniques]

chin up ovtcharov.

 

wasnt there a cyclist recently where he got some drug in a piece of meat like this?

 

[ballun]

i like the european approach of some comments, to think that Ovtcharov is a very ambitious and talented player and one of the few young european players that may challenge china in the future, i think it would be kind of a throwback for european table tennis (german in particular of course ) if he gets banned for maybe 2 years (olympia 2012 without him? oh nooo), besides: imho the risk of getting caught using drugs is not worth the slight effect on skill in table tennis, so personally i believe Ovtcharov and hope the best for him!

 

[nxs]

Yeah, i agree. I wouldn't see why people ( Especially Dima ) Would need to use clenbuterol for tabletennis.
I hope he doesn't get banned.

 

[TTStar7]

The DTTB has decided not to ban Dima because they couldn´t proof that he voluntary took Clenbuterol , they rather think that he took it from contaminated food !! So Dima is back ;-)

 

i knew he was innocent"!

 

[david93fcb]

We don't know if he really is innocent but according to the DTTB he is and that's what matters !
Good day for our sport!

 

[MildSeven]

wasnt there a cyclist recently where he got some drug in a piece of meat like this?

No, that was his explaination of how he could have possibly gotten it into his system.

 

[jyechen]

The cyclist guy in spain claimed to have gotten it from meat in spain, where clen is never found in the meat. Ovtcharov claiming to having gotten it from China was a much more likely story.

 

[billalphonso79!]

i dont like him but i admit he's a great athlete

 

[iscepanovic]

Doping control in table tennis ????, why somebody need doping to play table tennis?