Weightlifting
From Staff and Wire Reports
Six Bulgarian weightlifters were banned from competition for two years after urine tests turned up a prohibited diuretic.
The six are Petar Stefanov, 1989 world champion at 110 kilograms; Plamen Bratoichev, 1989 world champion and at 82.5 kilograms; Nayden Russev, Vesselin Petrakiev, Krastyu Milev and Mitko Mitev.
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