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Farry tests positive
Aug 10: Frenchman Marc Farry has become the first European Tour golfer to return a positive drugs test.
Aug 10: Frenchman Marc Farry has become the first European Tour golfer to return a positive drugs test.
But he seems certain to escape censure because he had been on a medically prescribed drug used to treat a wrist injury.
Farry was one of six players who undertook the voluntary test during the French Open in Paris in June.
The other five players - Philip Golding, David Howell, Peter O'Malley, Graeme McDowell and Francois Delamontagne - returned negative samples.
Farry's test, conducted by the French Sports Ministry, revealed traces of banned substance Prednisolone, but it is a drug not deemed to be performance enhancing.
Dr Roger Hawkes, the tour's medical advisor, said, "Prednisolone is a type of steroid that can be used for a number of conditions such as asthma, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory diseases of the eyes.
"It is also sometimes used as an anti-inflammatory for certain injuries. This drug is not obviously performance enhancing."
Bureau Report
Farry was one of six players who undertook the voluntary test during the French Open in Paris in June.
The other five players - Philip Golding, David Howell, Peter O'Malley, Graeme McDowell and Francois Delamontagne - returned negative samples.
Farry's test, conducted by the French Sports Ministry, revealed traces of banned substance Prednisolone, but it is a drug not deemed to be performance enhancing.
Dr Roger Hawkes, the tour's medical advisor, said, "Prednisolone is a type of steroid that can be used for a number of conditions such as asthma, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory diseases of the eyes.
"It is also sometimes used as an anti-inflammatory for certain injuries. This drug is not obviously performance enhancing."
Bureau Report