Canadian triathlete Kelly Guest has suggested that the trace amounts of nandrolene, an anabolic steroid that was found in his blood and caused him to be sent home from the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, entered his body when he ate beef.
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Speaking from his temporary training site near Cranbrook, BC, 25-year-old Guest said that he has asked Games officials to overturn his ban, but that he is unsure whether he ingested the steroid via nutritional supplements or by eating steaks four times a week.
Guest told the Globe and Mail: “I’m not saying I ingested this through a store-bought steak – I don’t want to send a scare through everybody – but at the same time that’s how small an amount this is and how easily somebody could do it.
“If you’re an elite-level athlete and you could be tested – don’t take the chance. Spend the extra on an organic steak. You just don’t want to go through this.”
Responding to the claims that steak may be responsible for the sportsman’s dismissal from the Games, however, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association stated: “Nandrolone is not used in livestock production. It is neither approved for use nor available to cattle producers.
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By GlobalData“It is an anabolic steroid used in human medicine to treat testosterone deficiency, breast cancer and osteoporosis.
“Canadian consumers can rest assured that Canadian beef does not contain nandrolone or any other harmful residues.”
