Ricky Chaplin fails drugs test

Title
Ricky Chaplin fails drugs test
Genre
Speech
TX Date
31 Jan 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:01:51
Description
Speech by Sam Coffa, President of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation, on the case of Welsh weightlifter, Ricky Chaplin, whose been stripped of his Commonwealth Games gold medal after traces of the anabolic steroid testosterone were found in a urine sample. For breakfast programme.
Contributors
Sam Coffa
Keywords
Sport; Sports competitions; Drugs; Wales; Commonwealth games; Sportsmen; Anabolic steroids; Ricky Chaplin

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