{US Olympic} Judoka Nicholas Delpopolo tests positive for cannabis

[eppur_se_muova]

Judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been expelled from London 2012 after he failed a drugs test and admitted he had unwittingly eaten marijuana-laced food.

The 23-year-old American had finished seventh in the men's -73kg competition.

Delpopolo was disqualified by the International Olympic Committee after they discovered metabolites of cannabis in a urine sample taken on 30 July.

He insisted he had not known the food contained the banned substance but that was not deemed a sufficient defence.

Delpopolo was tested after he lost to Mongolian Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal in the repechage stage at the ExCel Arena.

The IOC's ruling dictated that his name should be struck from the judo records in London and the International Judo Federation should consider issuing any further punishments available in their rulebook.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19152611





OK, now I'm picturing a stoner Olympics, and wondering ... just what supposed unfair advantage makes MJ worth banning ?

[jberryhill]

1. Analgesic

It gets lumped in with the analgesics.

On the other hand, it would probably do some good for the spastic weirdness of synchronized swimming... though the synchronization would probably go all to pieces. That and people losing count of how many times they ran around the track so far.

[HopeHoops]

2. Is Dorito and Oreo eating an Olympic event?

[Canuckistanian]

3. Cannabis is a banned substance now?

It sure wasn't during the 1998 Winter Olympics, when Ross Rebagliati had his snowboarding medal yanked for testing positive for MJ.

The medal was restored when it was pointed out that MJ was NOT a banned substance.

I guess they've closed that loophole.

[Renew Deal]

4. Moron

And his excuse is even more moronic.