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Dolidovich Out Of Games

by Ande on February 14th, 2006

Belarussian cross-country skier Sergei Dolidovich has had to leave the olympics after testing positive twice for high haemoglobin levels his orginal ban of 5 days has now been extended by another 5, meaning that he will miss the men’s sprint event next Tuesday,

Dolidovich was one of 12 athletes to have had high haemoglobin values but four were cleared on Monday,Haemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells which carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

Source BBC Ban puts Dolidovich out of Games

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