After the Test B for antidoping, which resulted positive for Romela
Begaj, the Albanian weightlifter who won the World Championship, she
insisted in an interview for Top Channel that she has not used the
substance she is being accused for, and explained her next steps.
Romela Begaj: This is not the final answer and this does not definitively prove that I have used this substance for winning the race in this shameful way. Within 2-4 weeks I will meet the hearing panel, who gave me a last chance. If that will prove me clean, I will be ready to do everything.
Ilir Paço: What steps will you follow, since you risk a two-year suspension?
Romela Begaj: I have heard several words from Albania, and how the name of my coach has been stained. I feel sorry for him, because he has been close to me in Germany and he is clean with this matter.
Ilir Paço: What will you do if you will not be able to convince the hearing panel?
Romela Begaj: The next step will be giving my DNA, the most important test which could show what I have taken for one year. I am not scared and I am convinced that I have not used it.
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