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11 of 13 members of team test positive for banned steroid

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updated 9:25 a.m. ET June 27, 2008

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria’s weightlifting federation says it will withdraw its team from the Beijing Olympics after 11 lifters tested positive for a banned steroid.

The federation said in a statement Friday that eight men and three women tested positive for the substance during out-of-competition tests conducted June 8-9.

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