Olympics: Backstrom out final game for banned substance in allergy meds (mod warning post 140)

[LiveeviL]

He isnt gonna get a medal now. Wow that sucks.

Zetterberg will get one for his sole game, hehe.

 

[dukeofjive]

Reminds me of Theodore was using pills for is hair loss, and he tested positive for a banned substance

 

[Kirk Mclean]

Lol really stupid if the whole team actually has to forfeit their medals.

 

[BiggestLeafsFanEVER*]

Seriously guys, it's allergy medication. Sheesh.

well that's what they're saying it is

 

[TheHolySlapper]

"Feel bad for Bäckström". Wake up guys, Swedes will lose their medals because that one cheater! I feel bad for Swedes but not for cheater one..

 

[chauron]

In 1974 finnish goalie Stig Wetzell got caught using illegal substances unknowingly. I think Finland lost a medal due to that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_Wetzell

"Wetzell's perhaps most infamous moment came when he was caught doping during the 1974 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament in Finland. Testers found illegal amounts of Ephedrine in his urine sample. Wetzell's positive A- and B-samples caused Finland's 5-2 win over Czechoslovakia to be reversed to a 5-0 loss to the Czechs.[1] It is still debated[by whom?] if Wetzell was intentionally using illegal substances. If Finland's 5-2 victory over Czechoslovakia had stood, Finland would have won bronze medals in the tournament.

Wetzell received an International Competition ban due to his doping in the 1974 Championship Tournament.
Later, Wetzell received an apology from the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, and he was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004."

 

[Bieber fever]

what a cheater , can believe he was on claritin all this time

 

[ByeBye]

Authorities gonna authorotize.

Pathetic

Pathetic by either Backstrom or the team doctors, yes.

 

[Ralfduran]

How weird that they get him in the pre-warm up.

 

[Shrimper]

This could cause Sweden a medal and have all their game results where Backstrom played nullified. That's what usually happens when a member of a team event is caught breaking PED rules.

Yeah that won't be happening.

 

[PensPlz]

I understand the need for these rules but use some commonsense along with them. My god.

 

[Swervin81]

What a cheater. Real champions take Allegra.

I'm so tired and out of it, I misread "Allegra" and thought it said "Viagra"

 

[DoyleG]

Has to go up there with the Vicks Inhaler in the history of doping.*

However, we have been told that the NHL is clean when it comes to drugs. That might explain a reason why some owners don't want to come back.

Claratin can be used as a stimulant although his allergies can still be legit. I had to use it ones for a bad case of hay fever and you could really feel its effects. Need to check the label.

* kudos for those who get it. Europeans are allowed to take a stab at it.

 

[Gobias Industries]

I understand the need for these rules but use some commonsense along with them. My god.

Give an inch...

 

[THEKOSTAJA]

how unfortunate, well the rules are the rules.

 

[Bjorn Le]

Sweden should bring Backstrom on the ice anyway and force them to give him a medal, IOC doesn't want to be embarrassed on a world stage.

 

[ByeBye]

I understand the need for these rules but use some commonsense along with them. My god.

Do you know why this substance is banned? If not, why comment?

 

[BigZ65]

It's really not that hard. Don't take anything labelled "non-drowsy." Should have been made very clear to the players in the lead up to the tournament and at it by administrators and medical staff.

 

[BigZ65]

Sweden should bring Backstrom on the ice anyway and force them to give him a medal, IOC doesn't want to be embarrassed on a world stage.

How is it embarrassing to the IOC?

 

[King 88]

DQ Sweden and rematch Canada-Finland tomorrow.

 

[UKFlyers]

Has to go up there with the Vicks Inhaler in the history of doping.*

However, we have been told that the NHL is clean when it comes to drugs. That might explain a reason why some owners don't want to come back.

Claratin can be used as a stimulant although his allergies can still be legit. I had to use it ones for a bad case of hay fever and you could really feel its effects. Need to check the label.

* kudos for those who get it. Europeans are allowed to take a stab at it.

Alain Baxter? That was worse to be fair. Probably be like robbing the Latvians of a medal.

Feel bad for Backstrom. From what I've read, it's been on and off the banned substances list. Sucks for him, but someone should be keeping track of what the players are taking

 

[AHB*]

How is it embarrassing to the IOC?

Because you hold out Sweden's #1 center for taking a medicine that the majority of the planet takes...

No wonder these guys miss games with the flu all the time.

Question, what CAN they take?

 

[a1cd]

Sweden should bring Backstrom on the ice anyway and force them to give him a medal, IOC doesn't want to be embarrassed on a world stage.

Any professional athlete playing in any professional sports league knows you don't just take meds. This is 100% the fault of Backstorm or the trainers.

 

[SurMartin]

Sure it was just claritin but he should know what's allowed.

Bäckströms granny was right all along; He did make a fool out of himself.

 

[txhorn]

Sweden should bring Backstrom on the ice anyway and force them to give him a medal, IOC doesn't want to be embarrassed on a world stage.

It's like Hunger Games. It will just start a war