Samples of 5 Vietnamese track and field athletes continue to be positive

In early October, the Vietnamese sports delegation received a notice that five athletes attending the 31st SEA Games had test results for sample A positive for banned substances. These athletes then applied for the B test.

In the results returned by the laboratory in Thailand today, all are still positive.

However, these athletes have not been identified as violations. They also have a hearing before the Southeast Asian Sports Council to assess the exact cause of the positive for banned substances. According to an anonymous source shared with MetaSports, the chance for Vietnam to reverse the situation is only about 0.001%.

All five doping athletes this time won medals at the 31st SEA Games, in which four women won gold and one male won bronze. If the violation is concluded, they will not only be stripped of their medals, but also face a long-term ban.

In the previous report sent to the General Department of Sports and Sports, all confirmed that they did not intentionally use banned substances, but may accidentally use drugs or inappropriate food.

SEA Games 31 took place from May 12 to May 23 with more than 10,000 athletes, officials, referees... from 11 countries in Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese sports delegation attended with 1,341 members, including 956 athletes, won 205 gold medals, 125 silver medals, 116 bronze medals and ranked first in the whole delegation.

During the competition, the organizers did a random doping test with nearly 1,000 athletes.

Before this latest incident, Vietnam's sports history has recorded 19 cases of doping since the 2003 SEA Games. Among them are some typical cases such as Olympic runner-up Hoang Anh Tuan or "Princess" Gymnast. Ms. Do Thi Ngan Thuong... Most of these cases confirmed that they lacked the minimum knowledge and skills to prevent doping.