Johaug suspended 13 months for Clostebol

February 15, 2017

The Norwegian Cross-country skier Therese Johaug has been suspended for 13 months after testing positive for Clostebol.

The athlete used the medicine Trofodermin to treat sore lips and did not see neither the doping warning nor understood Clostebol was a prohibited substance. The suspension has been backdated to October 18 2016 when the athlete was provisionally suspended. She can return to competition on November 18, 2017. Norwegian and English text here: https://www.idrettsforbundet.no/tema/lov-og-forskrifter/informasjon-om-therese-johaug-saken/

30 sanctions

In the Anti-Doping Database we have registered 30 athletes who has been sanctioned for testing positive for the prohibited substance. 11 of the 30 athletes has been banned for two years. And in total 24 athletes has received a one year or longer suspension after testing positive for Clostebol. Nine Italian athletes has been sanctioned for using the prohibited substance. Five of these were cyclists.

72 cross-country skiers

As many as 72 athletes in the sport of cross-country skiing has been banned for testing positive for a prohibited substance. 26 of these were Russian athletes, while 14 were Finnish skiers. 11 skiers from Austria has been banned for using this substance. 63 athletes has been banned for or longer. EPO is the most commonly used substance in the sport of cross-country skiing with 13 cases registered in the Anti-Doping Database.

Clostebol

Clostebol, usually as the ester clostebol acetate, is a synthetic anabolic androgenic steroid. Clostebol is the 4-chloro derivative of the natural hormone testosterone. It is a weak anabolic Steroid used often by Germans during their Olympic glory days. Version of testosterone that is chlorinated so as to prevent conversion to DHT while also rendering the chemical incapable of conversion to estrogen. Although these are both desirable to body builders, the chemical never became popular in the US probably due to availability and the weak nature as compared with testosterone. (Source: Wikipedia)

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