"The Norwegian club Valerenga have called for anti-doping regulations to be strengthened after an extraordinary case in which a player from their women's team was found to have ingested a banned stimulant from rubber crumb in an artificial pitch. A seven-month saga concluded on Wednesday when the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) chose not to appeal against the decision of anti-doping Norway (Adno) that the player was faultless."
"But the landmark case has highlighted the risks to footballers of environmental exposure to banned substances and opened up the possibility of further controversies emerging around the thousands of synthetic pitches across Europe. The spectre of a doping violation had not been on anyone's minds when Valerenga faced LSK Kvinner at LSK-Hall in Lillestrm, near Oslo, on 22 April. But a routine drug test found four players from each side had returned samples containing the prohibited substance DMBA."
A Valerenga women's team player tested positive for the banned stimulant DMBA after playing on an artificial pitch, triggering calls to strengthen anti-doping rules. Wada declined to appeal anti-doping Norway's finding that the player was faultless, concluding a seven-month inquiry. The case revealed environmental exposure risks from rubber crumb on synthetic pitches and raised concerns about similar controversies across Europe. A routine drug test after the 22 April match found four players from each side with DMBA, and one Valerenga sample exceeded Wada's 50 ng/ml reporting threshold. Investigations found no common food, drink or supplements among the athletes.
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