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Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku excluded from London 2012 for failing drugs test

Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku is excluded from the London Olympics for failing a drugs test.

The International Olympic Committee have announced that Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku has been excluded from the London Olympics for failing a drugs test.

The 20-year-old weightlifter tested positive for stanozolol on July 23.

Pulaku's file will be passed on to the International Weightlifting Federation who will consider further action.

Stanozolol is a performance-enhancing anabolic steroid.

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