Albanian weightlifter fails drugs test
Hysen Pulaku will not be competing at the ExCel Centre after failing a drugs test
28 July 2012
Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku has been thrown out of the London 2012 Olympics after failing a drugs test, the International Olympic Committee have announced.
Pulaku, 20, tested positive for stanozolol on July 23.
His file is due to be sent to the International Weightlifting Federation.
Albania's Olympic Committee revealed on Friday that it had dropped Pulaku from its team after he tested positive for a banned substance.
Stanozolol is an anabolic steroid.
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