BUCHAREST, Jan 14 - Former Romanian weightlifting world champion Valeriu Calancea has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid, the Romanian Weightlifting Federation (FRH) said on Monday. "Calancea failed a dope test for methandienone at the 2007 worlds in Chang Mai, Thailand," FRH president Nicu Vlad told Reuters. "His second sample was also positive." Calancea, 27, was a double gold medallist at the 2003 World championships in Vancouver and was a Romanian medal hope for this year's Olympics in Beijing.
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