Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

[huja]

An NHLPA source tells Yahoo Sports that Backstrom violated anti-doping rules after using an allergy medication. Some, like Claritin, contain pseudoephedrine, a banned substance by the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Federation.

[anothercanuck]

Looks like Backstrom and the Sweden medical staff get the team gold in Dumbass...

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[huja]

Time to tie a bow on these Games. Let's get everyone home safely and watch the second act: Scapegoating for the rampant corruption in the construction of the Olympic venues and infrastructure.

[Natfixit]

Delaney's Wanchai is showing Canada vs Sweden tonight at 8pm Live~! I was there on Friday night (Or would it be Saturday technically)..and the place was packed with Canadians and Americans alike~! I am looking forward to tonight's game!!

If you are looking for something on Kowloon side, you can also try heading over to Eastside Tavern in TST East.

Bummer!!!! Mr Natfixit annoyed because he couldn't watch it , and I had to do another airport run....by the time he arrives in Sweden tomorrow, he'll know the result. Wasn't looking too good when we took a brief look at the game.

[huja]

An NHLPA source tells Yahoo Sports that Backstrom violated anti-doping rules after using an allergy medication. Some, like Claritin, contain pseudoephedrine, a banned substance by the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Federation.

IIHF has Backstrom's back on this . . . pushing back at IOC.

Since September, he says, he had been drug tested by the NHL twice and once by the IOC before Wednesday under the same medication. His levels, officials said, were 190 nanograms per milliliter, 40 nanograms over the in-competition limit. But IIHF chief medical officer Dr. Mark Aubry was adamant at a press conference after the gold medal game that he believed Backstrom was not doping, that he was innocent.