Tag: Stilnox
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Australian athletes slam sleeping pill ban
Oh my, now Olympic champion shooter Russel Marks criticizes Australia’s decision to ban sleeping pills and says it will cost the country medals at the London Olympic Games. Given the long distance Australian athletes have to travel to London and the jet-lag that will go with it, Mark says it will be unfair for Olympic…
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Aussie Olympic boss Coates bans Stilnox and warns of raids
Australia’s Olympic athletes have been banned from using Stilnox, Rohypnol and Mogadon and warned their rooms will be raided if they are suspected of using the sedatives. Read The Herald Sun. “Please confirm that the search and seizure provisions in our Team Membership Agreements for athletes and officials will enable the Team Executive to enter…
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Stilnox ‘cost Grant Hackett gold’ at Beijing 2008, coach Cotterell reveals
Grant Hackett’s former coach Denis Cotterell has no doubt the controversial sleeping medication Stilnox cost the 1500 freestyle champion his third and historic Olympic gold medal. Read The Australian According to Cotterell, Hackett had slipped into an adaptation phase after swimming two astonishing broken 1500m time trials at the Australian team’s staging camp in Singapore…