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Emanuele Sella Admits Doping At CONI Hearing

Emanuele Sella Admits Doping At CONI Hearing

ROME, Aug 8, 2008 (AFP) - Italian cyclist Emanuele Sella admitted to taking
the banned blood booster EPO at an Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) hearing
here on Friday.
After the hearing, in which he and Italian women’s cyclist Marta
Bastianelli were banned from all competitions, Sella issued a statement in
which he admitted taking the drug.
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