Another Athlete in Trouble Over Finasteride

Seems balding athletes don’t read each other’s press. You’d think everyone would be aware of finasteride and it’s complications from Zach Lund’s Olympic ban. Or perhaps not…

Australian international soccer player Stan Lazaridis recently tested positive for finasteride. Of course he claims to be using it to regrow hair. Of course he also forgot to get the therapeutic use exemption that would avoid this trouble altogether. Lazaridis, 34, could be facing a two year ban, which would likely end his career.

I remember Lazaridis from the Cup last summer. I liked him; I was rooting for him. You’d think someone at the club or in the national squad would have tipped him off.

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