North Korean officials blamed "traditional musk deer gland medicine" used after a lightning strike for five positive tests for steroids at the Women's World Cup. I don't know what's more embarrassing - that lame excuse, or the fact that North Korea thinks musk deer glands have medicinal value.
Two players were caught during the tournament, so the governing body took the unprecedented step of testing the rest of the North Korean squad and found three more positive results, which the biggest soccer doping scandal at a major tournament in 17 years.
The musk gland extract "is not part of the world of doping. It is really the first case in which this has been discovered," said FIFA officials. Too bad they couldn't get points in the match based on originality.
Two players were caught during the tournament, so the governing body took the unprecedented step of testing the rest of the North Korean squad and found three more positive results, which the biggest soccer doping scandal at a major tournament in 17 years.
The musk gland extract "is not part of the world of doping. It is really the first case in which this has been discovered," said FIFA officials. Too bad they couldn't get points in the match based on originality.
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DPRK should be banned from all international competitions for the sake of its athletes. How is it conscionable to put players at risk by coming home to a ruthless dictatorship if they have not met the success that was required of them?
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