Lanka boxer stripped of gold medal

Disgraced Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi was stripped of his Commonwealth Games gold medal yesterday after he failed a second doping test for a banned steroid

Disgraced Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi was stripped of his Commonwealth Games gold medal yesterday after he failed a second doping test for a banned steroid.

Sean McGoldrick from Wales becomes the bantamweight Games champion as a result.


Manju Wanniarachchi

The Commonwealth Games Federation's (CGF) Federation Court said Wanniarachchi has been disqualified from the 2010 Commonwealth Games and his competition results at the Delhi Games be nullified.

"The Court has ruled that the medal awarded to him be forfeited and returned to the CGF," the governing body said in an email statement.

"The gold medal in the bantamweight 56 kilo weight division will be awarded to Sean McGoldrick from Wales," it said.

Wanniarachchi's urine sample was found to contain 19-Norandrosterone, a banned performance-enhancing substance, the body said.

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