Usage of metenolone by athletes

The Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. But the female athlete was stripped of the award because she failed a drug test. She provided two samples. The substance metenolone presented in both urine samples.
If you read news linked with doping, you must know that competitive athletes and bodybuilders are usually caught using other steroids and/or performance-enhancing drugs. But as for Nadzeya Ostapchuk, she was caught taking metenolone. It is strange, according to affirmations of anti-doping officers. What does this prohibited medication represent? Why don’t sportspersons ordinarily take this medication for increase of performance?
Metenolone is an anabolic steroid. It has weak androgenic properties. It works like testosterone, increasing muscle mass and adding endurance.
However this preparation has just mild androgenic nature, it causes development of sex male features in females. Females who use this medicine may face common effects of masculinization: the voice becomes deeper; hair grows on the face and on other parts of the body; etc.
This steroid may be taken orally or injectionally.
Metenolone (Methenolone) benefits greatly, when it is applied by sportspersons during their workouts. It is not administered during competitions. It doesn’t work, if it is applied only on the day of a competition.
It is also confirmed that it is easy to catch those who take this anabolic steroid.
Adverse results of Metenolone (Methenolone) hinge upon doses which are administered. They include water retention, hypercalcaemia, bone growth, excessive hair growth on the body, acne formation, hair loss, menstrual abnormalities, enhanced sex drive, etc.
So, if you see a female athlete who has deep voice and excessive hair growth on the body, you may accuse her of steroid use. Actually, it is wrong because these problems may appear also in those females that don’t take any steroids. But sometimes these signs demonstrate that certain women apply preparations that possess androgenic features.