The FIFA announced this Thursday the Costa Rican midfielder’s one-year suspension Orlando Gallowho in September tested positive for anabolic clostebol, causing him to miss the Qatar World Cup 2022.
“The Commission on Discipline of FIFA has banned the Costa Rican player for twelve months Orlando Moises Galo Calderon after testing positive for clostebol in an out-of-competition control carried out in September last year during the concentration of the national team for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022″, indicated the FIFA.
He explained that the suspension took effect on October 19, 2022, the date the player was provisionally suspended.
“Pursuant to Article 30 of the Anti-Doping Rules of FIFAthe suspension includes, among others, all types of matches at the national and international level, friendly or official,” the statement details.
Clostebol is included in the list of prohibited substances related to anabolic androgenic steroids, and its presence in the Costa Rican player constitutes a violation of anti-doping regulations and the disciplinary code of FIFAentity explained.
Orlando Gallo23 years old and player of hereditary Costa Rican, he missed the World Cup in Qatar due to suspension and has stated on several occasions that he is innocent.
defense of Gallic It is based on the fact that he did not ingest the substance, but it was in a healing cream that he applied to his partner after the operation, the player and his club reported this Thursday, which for the first time defined what happened .
“The resolution of the Disciplinary Committee of FIFA clear my name by clarifying that there was no intention on my part to take any substance to increase my football performance,” Galo said in a video posted on his club’s website, the hereditary.
The footballer said he will abide by the punishment and thanked the club for the support it gave him in this situation.
The president of Herediano, Juan Carlos Retanaread excerpts from the resolution of FIFA and it was affirmed that it was proven that the contamination occurred accidentally when applying the cream to a third party, which made it easier for the penalty not to be more extensive.
“There was no ingestion of a prohibited substance to improve performance, his doping was due to contamination by applying a prohibited substance to a third person and even the committee wanted to lower the sentence because it considered that the offense was minor. , is prohibited due to regulatory circumstances preventing him from reducing his one-year sentence,” said retina.
Gallic He will be able to return to his club’s training sessions next August and to official competitions after October 19.
Source: La Verdad
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