Newsgroup: it.sport.ciclismo
Titolo: Zinaida Stahurskaia

I got the scoop today in English as the story appears in a number of sites
including 
sports.it
 and Tuttobiciweb, now CN. It seems this news is very
dis-heartening to me, as I was a fan of her long and colorful career, both
as World Champion, and Grande Boucle winner, which is quite an
accomplishment. While she will still go down as one of the great riders of
women's cycling, I am afraid her career is over now. For those who don't
know her...
http://www.procyclingwomen.com/Zinaida-Stahurskaia.html
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/dec06/dec28news
Stahurskaya charged with trafficking
By Gregor Brown
Former world champion Zinaida Stahurskaya, currently serving a two-year
suspension for testing positive to anabolic steroid stanozolol and
testosterone, has now been charged with dealing in illegal doping products.
According to 
tuttobiciweb.com
, the NAS (Anti-Narcotics Group) of Firenze,
Italy sequestered the 35 year-old Belorussian from her home in Pistoia three
weeks ago. They found large quantities of doping products including anabolic
steroids, most of which were Russian-origin or bought on the black-market,
believing they were intended for sale.
The former world champion and women's Tour de France winner tested positive
at three races in 2005, once to anabolic steroid stanozolol and twice to
hormone testosterone. Stahurskaya would have been allowed to return to
racing in June 2007 after her ban ended, but it is now likely that she will
face trafficking charges in Italy under anti-doping law 376/2000, and be
issued a life-sentence.

 issued a life-sentence.
Can't be a life long sentence, let alone a life-sentence!, under the
ordinary judicial system.
I am just about to go out on my bike and pass by Fanini's.
Report follows.
Sergio
Pisa

 I am just about to go out on my bike and pass by Fanini's.
Qualche volta vedi anche Brunello?
Ho visto che la squadra femminile 2007 si è rinnovata decisamente, 
puntando molto sulle giovani...sono soprattutto curioso di vedere cosa 
farà la giovane lituana Daiva Tuslaite...grande promessa ma l'anno 
scorso non molto in luce.
-- 
http://modesta.biciticino.ch
Il sito dedicato alla giovane ciclista lituana Modesta Vzesniauskaite

 Qualche volta vedi anche Brunello?
Certo!
Sono appena tornato or ora.
Zina ha chiuso. E dire che prima Brunello, poi Michele e suo figlio
Manu avevano riposto in lei una fiducia enorme. Michele e sua moglie la
consideravano quasi una figlia adottiva.
'Ma non e' facile sapere cosa c'e' dietro la facciata: con nessuno. Qui
era di casa, spesso veniva anche a mangiare a casa nostra. Ora s'e'
rovinata definitivamente. Pero', certo, che qualcosa non andasse
proprio giusto l'avevamo sospettato; infatti, con Manu c'e' stata solo
un anno. Ha rovinato anche sua figlia, anche lei e' una professionista
ed era venuta qui per correre. Appena arrivata qui e' rimasta incinta
ed era tornata in Russia. Ora, chi vorra' piu' una Stahurskaia, che sia
la madre o la figlia cosa importa?
Che dici? Sara' meglio che tiri via tutte queste foto di lei che ho
appese alle pareti e alla bacheca? Chi le vede e la riconosce che
domande mi farebbe? Pero', e' anche colpa di tutti quei veri e presunti
massaggiatori e preparatori atletici che girano attorno agli atleti.
Che Mondo!'
Sergio
Pisa

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Probaby not, but as far as her career goes, it's a life sentence I would
think. I can't imagine that she would still race now, like Jeanson could
have legally while her ban was pending. The life sentence is one of shame,
and heartbreak, even worse then the men I would think, since so few women
get into these circumstances. That's absolutely mind blowing, if she was
selling large amounts of steroids out of her house!
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