Johannesburg, Monday, 16 January 2006 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) today announced that its disciplinary committee (chaired by Mr Monty Hacker), having considered all the evidence presented to the Tribunal, have found the four athletes from Harmony Gold Athletics Club in Pretoria, who tested positive for the banned substance, Norandrosterone, in 2006, guilty of a doping offence, according to the rules of the IAAF. The athletes have all been suspended for a period of two years.
The athletes are, Edward Kgosiemang, Gladys Lukhwareni, Merriam Mooki and Maxwell Zungu. The hearings into their cases where concluded on Friday, 13 January 2006.
Should the athletes wish to return to athletics competition after their two-year period of ineligibility, according to the IAAF Rules, they must make themselves available for out of competition testing at any time during this period of ineligibility. The athletes will be required to take a minimum of three out of competition tests, with at least four months between each test. A final test for the full range of prohibited substances will then be conducted immediately prior to the end of the suspension period.
