Raoni Monteiro tests positive for PEDs, suspended for 20 months
Former CT surfer Raoni Monteiro has been suspended from WSL competition for 20 months following a positive test for Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs).
Raoni Monteiro has been suspended from all WSL competition for 20 months for violating the WSL's Anti-Doping Policy.
Monteiro tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance during the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters event. Subsequent investigations by the WSL Discipline Director have received full cooperation from Monteiro and his representatives. The investigation, inclusive of discussion with the athlete, determined that while the use of a Prohibited Substance was "unintentional" and prescribed by a physician, Monteiro still violated the WSL Anti-Doping Policy.
The sanction has been accepted by Monteiro, who has stated "I made an honest mistake but there are rules to follow and I broke them. I am looking forward to working hard with the time out of competition, getting back to my best and competing again next year".
Monteiro's suspension has been in effect since 12 December 2014 and will be in effect until 12 August 2016.
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More fuel for the World vs the Brazzo's
Lucky ASADA wasn't testing here cos it would take them 21/2 years only to find nothing but then still have the gall to front the media and accuse people of being drug cheats.
SUSPENDED ! you've got to be fing JOKING.
kick the bastard off the tour for good and let any one of the other 100's of up and coming groms have a go. I'm so sick of this 2nd chance BULLSHIT.
i'm going to drop in on this fuckwit like a tone of bricks if he surf's near me.
Deep breaths mate. It'd probably pay to wait for more of the story to surface before you lynch the fellow.
Why did the news only break now and not during Pipe when he failed test? WSL, transparency is a must in any professional sport
He fell off the CT at the end of 2014 so he still has to work his way back via the QS, just like any grom, if he wants another crack.
I wish they all took them. How exciting! Surfers with humungous shoulders and mutantly long arms, gills, and super short legs. I am not sure PEDs can do this but biologically crossing-oneself with a few animals should do the trick.
You mean just like in that documentary, The Fly?
Wonderful doco.
Yes! The Island of Doctor Moreau has better waves than Tahiti, you know?
Talked with an aussie QS'er who said they only test one or two people per event and you usually know before hand. I wonder if they paid Raoni to take the fall and appear to legitimise the anti-doping policy?
"The Brazillian Storm!" Now we know whats fuelling those fuckers! Aerial enhancing drugs!
Brilliant RG the voice of reason (I was chuckling when I read it). The media do love a good headline.
Well he didn't win a single CT heat last year - ie 25ths all the way. Either they didn't help much or he has been taking them subsequently because he needs all the help he can get...
if we want to stop kids from using steroids, we have to stop calling it a performance enhancing drug. 'cause who doesn't want to enhance performance? call it a scrotum shrinker or a man tit developer. that should slow it up.
Monteiro's dosage of male testosterone based roids aside,... judging by Matt Wilko's physique, it's more likely he's experimenting with some sort of estrogen regime.