Juventus Turin French international Paul has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for doping. Explanations with a sports doctor.
“There is almost a 100% chance that the second expertise will confirm the first expertise“, estimated this Monday evening on franceinfo the sports doctor and specialist in doping issues Jean-Pierre de Mondenard, while the French international of Juventus Turin Paul Pogba was provisionally suspended after having been the subject of a positive doping test for testosterone.
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The French international from Juventus Turin is provisionally suspended after a positive testosterone test on August 20, following the match between Udine and Juventus, for the first day of the Italian championship, during which he did not come into play.
According to the doctor, “testosterone is a flagship product of doping“and began to be ingested by athletes”in the 40s“.”This increases muscle mass, increases training capacity, facilitates recovery, stimulates willpower and aggressiveness, lowers the fatigue threshold and facilitates the healing of musculoskeletal injuries. tendons“, explains the sports doctor. “This affects endurance, muscular strength and mentality.“, he adds.
Testosterone gel?
“When you test positive for testosterone, you don’t wait for a second opinion, hence the suspension of Paul Pogba“, insists the specialist, who nevertheless believes that it is “possible“that the player”was massaged with a testosterone gel and it exceeded the authorized threshold”.
“We must be able to prove how it happened in the athlete’s body”the doctor finishes: “If the laboratory has revealed it, it is because it is exogenous, that is to say it is not the laboratory which manufactures it. To be able to say that you have been unwillingly contaminated, you must always be able to say in what way.“.
“While waiting for the counter-analyses, we cannot have an opinion on the results. What is certain is that Paul Pogba never wanted to break a rule“, reacted this Monday evening the footballer’s lawyer, Rafaela Pimenta, to the sports management of Radio France.
If the second opinion of his B sample confirms the presence of testosterone metabolites, the midfielder is liable to a four-year suspension.