Sylvain Gbohouo The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA has actually prohibited Sylvain Gbohouo, the No. 1 goalkeeper of Ivory Coast over a supposed doping offense after checking positive for trimetazidine.Ivory Coast play their

opening Group E video game against Equatorial Guinea in Douala on Wednesday.Gbohouo, who plays club football in Ethiopia at Wolkite

City, had actually been provisionally suspended by FIFA after evaluating positive for trimetazidine, a heart medication that the World Anti-Doping Agency categorises as a stimulant.The statement was made by the Ethiopian Football Federation on the eve of the competition but

the Ivorians included him in their team for the Cup of Nations anyhow, wishing to have the restriction raised after proving a description.’Early last year, we asked Sylvain to do an eye exam, as goalkeepers typically do.

He did it in Abidjan, ‘stated Ivory Coast coach Patrice Beaumelle.’ The physician who examined him recommended medication. ‘Sylvain took the medication in March, but because

then he has stopped.’We were notified of the outcome on December 27.’There were traces of the particle in his urine.

We offered the prescription.

‘But FIFA’s disciplinary committee has actually informed the Ivorian the suspension is verified and permitted 20 days to lodge a formal appeal, Ivorian officials said.They are stated to be appealing the ban.It can be remembered that Chinese swimmer Sun Yang when served a ban for taking

trimetazidine, which the World Anti-Doping Agency previously classified as a stimulant however is now classified as a metabolic modulator.It is used to treat angina, a heart disease that triggers chest pain through absence of oxygen.In athletes it enhances their oxygen usage.

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