He required surgery after sustaining serious head injuries in a car crash in 2010. (balkenweb.com, 06 Aug 2010)
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SANCTIONS He was excluded from the 2012 Olympic Games in London by the International Olympic Committee [IOC] Disciplinary Commission after testing positive for the banned substance hydoxystanozolol and subsequently banned by the International Weightlifting Federation [IWF] for two years until July 2014. In April 2015 he was given an eight-year ban by the IWF after testing positive for stanozolol at the 2014 World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is ineligible to compete again until December 2022. (xinhuanet.com, 04 Apr 2015; iwf.net, 09 May 2014; aipsmedia.com, 28 July 2012)
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