Ryan Braun, positivo en prueba de dopaje

12.12.2011

Ryan Braun (L-R) Ryan Braun #8 and Rickie Weeks #23 of the Milwaukee Brewers look on dejected from the dugout against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Five of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium on October 14, 2011 in St Louis, Missouri. The Cardinals won 7-1.

El Jugador Más Valioso de la Liga Nacional, Ryan Braun, de los Cerveceros, dio positivo en un análisis antidopaje en un caso que está siendo apelado ante un árbitro de Grandes Ligas, dijeron el sábado persona informadas de la situación.

El canal ESPN citó a dos fuentes al informar primero el resultado, las cuales dijeron que el toletero dio positivo de un nivel elevado de testosterona, y agregaron que otra prueba del laboratorio de la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje en Montreal determinó que esa hormona era sintética.

Ryan Braun Ryan Braun #8 of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a gorund rule double in the bottom of the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Two of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park on October 10, 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Un vocero de Braun dijo en un comunicado enviado a ESPN y The Associated Press que "hay circunstancias altamente inusuales alrededor de este caso que probarán la completa inocencia de Ryan".

"No hubo en lo absoluto una violación intencional del programa (antidopaje)", afirmó Matthew Hiltzik, en el comunicado remitido a los medios por los representantes del estelar jardinero izquierdo.

Ryan Braun Ryan Braun #8 of the Milwaukee Brewers reacts after he struck out to end the top of the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Five of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium on October 14, 2011 in St Louis, Missouri.

Ryan Braun Ryan Braun #8 of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a gorund rule double in the bottom of the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Two of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park on October 10, 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Ryan Braun Ryan Braun #8 of the Milwaukee Brewers reacts after he struck out to end the bottom of the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Six of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park on October 16, 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Ryan Braun Ryan Braun #8 of the Milwaukee Brewers reacts after he struck out to end the top of the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Five of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium on October 14, 2011 in St Louis, Missouri.