Vietnam’s top female body builder Nguyen Thi My Linh has tested positive for doping, a big setback for the national team as it prepares for the Asian Bodybuilding Championship slated for next Wednesday in Hong Kong. According to national bodybuilding team coach Huynh Anh, Linh had taken a medicine that contained the banned substance, Lasix 40 mg, while she was sick.
Unfortunately, soon after taking the medicine, the World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF) asked Vietnam to send urine samples of its bodybuilders to Malaysia for testing and results showed that Linh tested positive for the banned substance. The Vietnamese team now must remove Linh from the competing group, but the Vietnam Sports Administration has not decided on the scope of Linh’s punishment.
At minimum, Linh will be suspended for two years and must pay a US$2,000 fine as WBF rules stipulate.