Royce Gracie Fails Drug Test, Suspended

[stang99]

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=7908

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Breaking News: Gracie Fails Drug Test, SuspendedThursday, June 14, 2007
by Josh Gross ([email protected])

Mixed martial arts icon Royce Gracie (Pictures), best known as the slender gi-wearing Brazilian who twisted oversized competitors into knots during the early days of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, tested positive for traces of Nandrolone, a commonly used anabolic steroid, following his decision win over Kazushi Sakuraba (Pictures), June 2 in Los Angeles, the California State Athletic Commission revealed Thursday.

Gracie (14-3-3) has been suspended from June 2, 2007 through May 30, 2008, and is fined $2,500, the maximum penalty by the CSAC. The 40-year-old member of the legendary fighting family has until July 13 to appeal the suspension to the CSAC.

Calls to Gracie's representatives were not immediately returned.

 

[Sloballs]

Urine analysis as a method of detecting nandrolone abuse has recently become somewhat controversial, following studies by the University of Aberdeen showing that the metabolite product can also show up in urine in quantities above the upper limit from a combination of high-protein diets utilising the legal nutritional supplement creatine and hard cardiovascular exercise. The reason for this unexpected result has not been determined. Another possible (though unlikely) reason for a false positive result is the consumption of beef from cattle treated with steroids including nandrolone (used in overturning the verdict against the bobsleigh racer, Lenny Paul). Heavy consumption of the essential amino acid lysine (as indicated in the treatment of cold sores) has also shown false positives in some and was cited by American Shotputter C.J. Hunter as the reason for his positive test. A final possible cause of incorrect urine test results is the presence of metabolites from other anabolic steroids. As a result of the numerous overturned verdicts, the testing procedure was reviewed by UK Sport [1] in 2000.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/nandrolone/nandc.htm

Hate to say it but sounds like more bs to me.
I just can't see Royce doing this but he is human so who honestly knows.

 

[djc]

who?

 

[stang99]

who?

You mean who is royce gracie?

 

[PSI87]

The Gracie family is all about it's legacy, this is about the last thing they needed since they currently don't have a family member skilled enough with MMA to be in the UFC.