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    Australian weightlifter refused test, says drug agency

    .c The Associated Press


    SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The Australian Weightlifting Federation said
    Wednesday it will investigate reports from the Australian Sports Drug
    Agency that an unidentified lifter had refused to take a drug test.

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport is expected to hear the case next
    week, weightlifting officials said. Australia's Olympic weightlifting
    team is due to be named on Friday.

    ``There is an incident that is causing us some concern which is being
    looked at right now,'' said federation president Sam Coffa, who would
    only identify the athlete as being a federation member.

    The average penalty for such an offense is a two-year ban.

    Coffa said that once the investigation is complete, the findings would
    be made public.

    ``Innuendoes and rumors have a life of their own and they develop
    legs. Somebody will say something and somebody will say something
    else, and I believe it's unhealthy,'' Coffa said.

    Caroline Pileggi and Armenian-born Sergo Chakhoyan are expected to be
    named as the only two weightlifters on the Australian team.

    Pileggi, lifting in the over-75 kilogram class, is expected to be the
    sole Australian women's representative.

    Chakhoyan, who is in the 85-kilogram class, was handed a two-year
    suspension in 2001 for using steroids.

    In June, Australian weightlifter Anthony Martin received a two-year
    ban for testing positive to banned substances. Commonwealth Games
    bronze medal winner Seen Lee will appeal a two-year ban for testing
    positive in May to the diuretic furosemide.

    07/07/04 05:41 EDT

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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