Administration of metenolone in sports

Nadzeya Ostapchuk, a shot putter from Belorussia won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. But the female athlete forfeited the award because she failed a drug test. She was asked to provide two samples. The substance metenolone was found in both urine samples.
If you read news linked with doping, you must know that professional sportspersons and bodybuilders are usually caught using other steroids and/or doping products. But as for Nadzeya Ostapchuk, she tested positive for metenolone. It is strange, according to statements of anti-doping officers. What does this prohibited preparation represent? Why don’t athletes ordinarily administer this preparation for enhancement of performance?
Metenolone belongs to anabolic steroids. It possesses slight androgenic properties. It works like testosterone, increasing muscle mass and adding energy.
Although this steroid possesses just weak androgenic nature, it leads to development of sex male characteristics in women. Women who take this drug may face typical effects of virilization: the voice deepens; hair grows on the face and on other parts of the body; etc.
This product can be taken orally or through injections.
Metenolone (Methenolone) benefits greatly, when it is administered by athletes during their trainings. It is not used during competitions. It doesn’t work, if it is taken just on the day of a competition.
It is also affirmed that it is easy to catch those that use this anabolic steroid.
Adverse effects of Metenolone (Methenolone) depend on measures which are administered. They are following: bloating, hypercalcaemia, bone growth, hirsutism, acne formation, hair loss, menstrual irregularities, enhanced libido, etc.
So, when you see a female athlete who has deep voice and hirsutism, you may suspect her of steroid use. In fact, it is wrong because these effects may occur also in those women who don’t administer any steroids. But sometimes these signs demonstrate that certain female athletes administer products which possess androgenic nature.