An age group triathlete, who was in Kona, tests positive for EPO

They have detected it in the NYC Grand Fund

The Argentine sportsman Gabriel Raff of 35 years of age has tested positive for EPO in the Campagnolo Great NYC Fund held on May 19, according to the organizers in a statement on their website.

Raff finished the test in 25th place with a time of 4:31:10. Another athlete, the Colombian Felipe Méndez, who finished 20 minutes later, has also tested positive in EPO.

During the check, Mendez attempted to impersonate his twin brother, who was also registered for the race, but did not compete. On the morning of the test, Mendez showed up at the start with a "broken" bracelet, which appears to be an attempt to hide his identity. Mendez finished 71 in 4:51:39.

Raff participated in Kona

Gabriel Raff has his best time as an age group in IRONMAN Brazil (8:40:27) and participated in the IROMAN World Championship in 2010 where he achieved a time of 9:10:42 improving his participation in 2009 (9:40 : 52). He also won the 2009 IRONMAN 70.3 St Croix in his age group.

According to AthlinksRaff has several participations in 70.3 tests between the 2003 and 2011 years, many of them with times equal to or less than 4 hours and a half.

In your account Twitter   the description says the following “Multisport Coach, Triathlete, Ironman Sub 9h, 2x IM Hawaii Finisher, Passionate about sports! ”

They were selected at random

In the official statement it is stated that both athletes were among those selected at random since they had the possibility of finishing among the top 10 in the general classification or winning in their age group.

There are no previous results.

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