On the morning of May 11, the Anti-Doping Center of the General Administration of Sport of China released the latest issue of "Doping Violation Information". The content shows that freestyle skier Mao Bingqiang tested positive for doping at the 14th National Winter Athletes Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the "14th Winter") in February this year. This means that he could be stripped of his gold medal and face a severe ban.
On February 26, Mao Bingqiang, a player from the Shandong team, won the gold medal in the men's open halfpipe event of the 14th Winter Freestyle Skiing Open Group with a high score of 95.50, which was the sixth gold medal of Shandong Province in the 14th Winter. The date of Mao Bingqiang's violation announced by the Anti-Doping Center this time was February 26.
On February 27, Mao Bingqiang posted a championship speech on social platforms: "The 14th Winter Games ended successfully, thank you for the support and help of all the leaders, as well as my family and friends who support me are my strong backing, everyone is great, thank you very much." Keep trying to be yourself.”
The picture below shows the top three in the men's halfpipe competition in the 14th Winter Freestyle Skiing, with Mao Bingqiang in the middle.
The banned drug used by Mao Bingqiang is acetazolamide, which is used to treat diseases such as glaucoma, has a diuretic effect, and can be used to conceal the use of muscle enhancers and other conditions.
At PyeongChang 2018, Japanese short track speed skater Megumi Saito was expelled from the athletes' village after being found positive for acetazolamide during an out-of-competition drug test, the first doping violation at PyeongChang.
Mao Bingqiang, born on July 19, 2001 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, practiced skiing at the age of 11 and entered the national team in 2016.
At the beginning of 2018, 16-year-old Mao Bingqiang competed in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and finished 20th in the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe event. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Mao Bingqiang finished 14th, creating the best result in the history of Chinese male athletes in this event.
(Michau Sports)