5 Mexicans suspended for doping

• May 2, 2024

5 members of the Mexican national team were suspended on Thursday, after testing positive for a prohibited substance , which will prevent them from participating in the game of the Mexican national team against Cuba.

Antonio Naelson "Sinha" , Christian Bermúdez , Edgar Dueñas , Francisco Javier Rodríguez and the goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa They tested positive for doping by clenbuterol, a medication used to treat breathing disorders.

Due to the similarity of the 5 positive results, it is believed that the source of contamination was meat consumed during his stay in the concentration, this was stated by Juan Jose Kotchen , press officer of the Mexican team.

The Mexican Football Federation considers that this result may be due to eating Beef or chicken contaminated between May 17 and 20, in the concentration in the High Performance Center (CAR); so their method to verify the innocence of the players, will analyze the CAR foods.

Kotchen said that the total time of suspension for players . Meanwhile the Mexican nationals involved in the lack of doping did not travel with the rest of the team to theBank of America Stadium for the game against Cuba.

The Secretary General of CONCACAF, Chuck Blazer He said that next Friday there will be a meeting with the organizing committee of the Gold Cup, to examine this situation, including the possibility of Mexico replacing the five suspended players.