Balgarianovinite.com A sample provided by the Bulgarian track and field athlete Ivet Lalova-Collio on August 17, 2016, returned adverse analytical findings for ostarine glucuronide after re-analysis was conducted, the International Testing Agency (ITA) reported on Thursday. Lalova-Collio competed in the women sprint 200 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished 8th.
Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator that acts anabolically on bone and muscle tissue, contributing to muscle mass gain and protection from injury.
Lalova-Collio was one of seven Olympic athletes who competed in Rio 2016 and whose samples tested positive for the presence of anabolic steroids, which were prohibited under the 2016 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List and continue to be prohibited today. The other six Olympians are Egyptian weightlifters Esraa Elsayed Rashed Elsayed Ahmed and Ahmed Saad, Brazilian judoka Rafael Augusto Buzacarini, Belarussian wrestler Soslan Daurov, Lithuanian weightlifter Aurimas Didzbalis, and Uzbek weightlifter Ivan Efremov.
The samples were first analysed during the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and were reported as negative with the detection methods applied by the WADA-accredited laboratory available at the time. The majority of these positive re-analysis results are mainly due to technical advances, including the development of new detection methods and improvements in analytical sensitivity for the detection of new steroid metabolites, which were not available at the time of the initial analysis. The re-analysis of the samples was conducted by the WADA-accredited laboratories of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Cologne, Germany, the ITA reported.
The seven athletes have been informed of their respective cases. They each have the right to request the analysis of their B-sample. If the B-sample analysis is requested and confirms the result of the A-sample, or if the B-sample analysis is not requested, the cases will proceed as a confirmed anti-doping rule violation. The athletes have the opportunity to present explanations for the positive results. The athletes will also be provisionally suspended by their respective international federation pending the results management proceedings of their cases in accordance with the respective anti-doping regulations.
The ITA will thereafter refer the matter by to the Court of Arbitration for Sport Anti-Doping Division for adjudication under the International Olympic Committee Anti-Doping Rules.
41-year-old Lalova-Collio ended her competitive career a few years ago. If her test is confirmed, her results from 2016 to 2020 could be annulled. She has no medals from major championships during that period. Her latest honours are the silver medals in the 100 and 200 m from the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, which were held a month before the Rio Games.
During her career, the Bulgarian athlete has won the European title in the 100 m at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, as well as gold from the 200 m at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Madrid. Eight years later, she won bronze from the same tournament in Gothenburg. She has participated in five Olympic Games. Sample by Bulgarian Athlete Lalova-Collio Tests Positive for Anabolic Steroids 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-22 20:30:39 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law