Newsbrief: World of Competitive Bridge Fends Off Drug Menace, US Player Loses Medal for Refusing Drug Test 9/6/02

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Who knew? The drug war is a battle of many fronts, but one would not have thought of the World Bridge Federation as one of them. Still, the bridge world was in an uproar last weekend after US professional Disa Eythorsdottir was stripped of her silver medal for refusing to take a drug test. The ritual condemnation came only after the World Bridge Federation met in emergency session to figure out how to discipline her, according to a report filed by the London Daily Telegraph's bridge correspondent.

The bridge federation instituted random drug testing of players in January 2000 as part of its campaign for bridge to become an Olympic sport. Since there does not exist a list of banned performance-enhancing drugs for bridge, the bridge federation relies on the International Olympic Committee's list of banned substances.

Eythorsdottir told the Telegraph she refused the test because she had taken a prescription drug. "They have taken everything, my medal, my name," said a tearfrul Eythorsdottir. "I am on a diet drug connected with a back condition. I asked the authorities whether the drug was on the banned list and they didn't know. The drug is on prescription, but I did not get a certificate to cover it," she added.

World Bridge Federation president Jose Damiani took a no-nonsense, zero-tolerance approach to the Eythorsdottir affair. "She refused the test," he said. "She is deemed to have failed the test. Her medal has been removed and her name referred to her federation."

And the world is a safer place.

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