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This is an archive article published on April 4, 2006
Mrugesan146;s silver may turn to gold
There is at last a silver lining to the dope clouds that enveloped the Indian weightlifting scene at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
New Delhi | April 4, 2006 12:00 AM IST
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There is at last a silver lining to the dope clouds that enveloped the Indian weightlifting scene at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Lifter Arun Murugesan, the silver medallist at the Games, will be upgraded and should get the gold medal in the 62 kg category following the positive dope test returned by the gold medallist in the category.
Chinthana Vidanage had pipped the Indian by virtue of his lesser body weight to win the first ever Commonwealth weightlifting gold for Sri Lanka but could lose the medal after testing positive for banned anabolic steroids.
8216;8216;This is a disgrace to the entire nation,8217;8217; the country8217;s National Olympic Committee chief Hemasiri Fernando was quoted as saying by The Lanka Sun.
The NOC received a report from Melbourne which said that medical experts who examined the urine sample of Vidanage had found traces of a performance enhancing drug, PTI has quoted the paper as saying.
Murugesan and Vidanage lifted an equal overall weight of 271 kg but the Indian weighed .08 kg heavier at 61.87 kg, which allowed the Sri Lankan win the solitary medal for his country.
Vidanage, who had won the silver in the 56kg category at the 2002 Manchester Games, almost got eliminated after the snatch competition when he took three attempts to clear 118kg.
India tallied three gold, five silver and one bronze medal in weightlifting at the Games.
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