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Technical case fouls Malaysian polo player
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Malaysian polo player Datuk Mohamed Moiz Ali Moiz was among five
athletes tested positive for banned substances during last year’s 24th
SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, the Bangkok Post reported today.
The news broke after Dr Varin Tansupasiri, medical chief of the 24th Games, presented the
doping test results to the SEA Games Federation (SGF) which met in Laos
two days ago. A total of 676 samples were tested during the Korat Games. All those
tested positive for banned substances would be stripped of their
medals, the daily said.
Datuk Mohamed tested positive for a gout medication after a random test after the SEA Games final, a match he did not play in.
Datuk Mohamed played only one full game in the SEA Games, playing in the "dead" match against Singapore. Neither team had to win that match as both teams already knew they would meet again in the SEA Games Final. He also played 2 chukkas against Thailand when Tengku Shazril came off injured. Malaysia was already leading 9 - 2 1/2 at the time when Datuk Mohamed replaced Tengku Shazril.
Despite declaring his gout medication at the time of the test, his result tested "positive" as he failed to declare it pre-games in the requisite TUE Medical Clearance form. Had he done so, there would have been no issue as Probanacid, the medication he was taking, is an allowed medication.
Datuk Mohamed suffers from gout, and has been on prescribed gout medication for the last twenty-five years.
Datuk Mohamed had declared all the medications he was taking to the Team Manager of the Malaysian Polo Team. Due to a communications misunderstanding between the Team Manager and MSN, the TUE forms for him and all the other polo players in the team were never submitted.
The issue is not about testing positive for the gout medication. It is a technical issue of having not filled in a form before the games.
