Italian rugby player tests positive for 11 banned substances
A rugby ball lies on the pitch at the Stade des Alpes stadium in France.
They say go big or go home.
That seemed like the case for Italian rugby player Davide Vasta, who was caught using 11 banned substances during a random drug test.
Vasta plays for the Italian rugby club Amatori Catania, based in Sicily.
According to the Italian publication La Gazzetta, that number is a new record, surpassing the previous mark of seven.
Vasta told La Gazzetta that he took the drugs more than a year ago.
Here’s what he tested positive for:
Testosterone, boldenone metabolite, drostanolone, mesterolone, Methandienone, methasterone, methyldienolone, stenbolone metabolite, clomiphene metabolite, 19-noretiocholanolone and 19-norandrosterone.
Most of the substances are anabolic, but Vasta also was caught using a drug to “resize the mammary glands.”
One of the side effects of using such anabolics is the growth of breasts in men.
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