Van Gelder dropped from gymnastics squad (update)

Gymnast Yuri van Gelder has been dropped from the Dutch team for the World Cup because he has begun using cocaine again, a spokesman for the team said on Wednesday.


Van Gelder, a specialist on the rings and former world champion, was in the middle of a come-back after a year’s suspension for cocaine use.
The gymnast himself had told the squad’s medical staff that he was using drugs again, the Telegraaf reported.

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