Top Olympic weightlifters failed tests for banned preparations

Patrick Mendes and Joshua Gilbert, top Olympic weightlifters, were banned from “Average Broz’s Gymnasium” (Las Vegas, Nevada). They tested positive for forbidden medicines. Steroids were not the medicines taken by these athletes. They used non-steroidal products that are also prohibited under Code of the WADA.
Mendes tested positive for prohibited drugs in February 2012 before the United States Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting defined who would represent the US at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The sportsman tested for HGH; as a result, he was sentenced to a ban.
Joshua Gilbert tested positive for the diuretic preparation furosemide at the 2012 National Weightlifting Championships. It was in March 2012.
Furosemide is a medicine which is used by those that apply steroids in order to hide steroid use. Furthermore, this medication helps sportspersons to lose weight in order to meet criteria of certain weight classes.  Weightlifting, boxing and wrestling are sports where athletes are divided to certain weight groups.
HGH and furosemide are medications that are forbidden by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The anti-doping system of the IWF meets criteria of the WADA Code.
Mendes and Gilbert were trained by John Broz. Broz lived and trained with the famous Bulgarian weightlifter Antonio Krastev during his career. Krastev broke a world record snatch of 216 kg in 1987. John Broz studied the Bulgarian system of trainings and brought some methods to America. He established own training gym in Las Vegas.
Mendes was suspended for 2 years. As for Gilbert, he was sentenced to 3-year suspension.
The suspensions of these athletes are failure for “Average Broz’s Gym”. Thus, the greatest weightlifters were not allowed to represent their native country at the 2012 London Olympics.