Bulgaria to pay fine to keep athletes in Sydney

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Sydney: The Bulgarian weightlifting federation will pay a $ 50,000 fine to stay in the Olympics after three of their medallists failed dope tests, International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch said on Friday.

Samaranch told a news conference the money would be used to fight doping in Bulgaria and the funds would be controlled by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

A country which has three positive tests involving athletes within 12 months is suspended from competition for one year under a "three strikes and out" IWF rule.

The alternative is to pay a $ 50,000 fine, as Romania did earlier this week in Sydney to stay in the Games.

Samaranch told a news conference, "We reached an agreement with the national federation that this 50,000 must go back to the country. They must use the 50,000 for the fight against doping."

(c) Reuters Limited.

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:48 [IST]

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Bulgaria to pay fine to keep athletes in Sydney