"I am totally clean" said Yudelkis Contreras

"I am innocent". These were her first words during the press conference . With tears in her eyes Contreras said that she was clean, aas the samples had proved it before, after and during the games as well. The shy athlete who ranked at the 5th position at the weightlifting competition in 53 kg was very sad and could hardly hide her shame. The Pan-American gold medalist said she was surprised and shocked when she heard this news at the press conference held by the Dominican Olympic Committee.
Contreras indicated that she was clean and she swore that she did not take any substance to make her results better during the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Contreras, who was accompanied by the officials of the Dominican Weightlifting Federation and also by the directors of the Dominican Olympic Committee, noted that as soon as she got of the news she became impacted very much. "I was very surprised as how is it possible that I passed many tests without any problem, all of them were negative and eight months later now they are telling me that I produced a positive sample" indicated Contreras, who is willing to do any tests to prove her innocence.

Milton Piendo the doctor in chief in the Dominican delegation during the Olympic Games also participated on the conference, and said that he would do everything, providing all the evidences to prove Contreras' innocence. "Yudelkis (Contreras) defense is based on all the medical results which were taken before and during the Games" he said.

Milton Peindo
(Sport Physician Federation) "After all, the most amazing thing is the fact, this drug is not able to improve the condition of an athletes to achieve better result, just simply to reach some kind of resistance, and I need to say that weightlifters do not need any CERA. Everything looks a bit strange here, and better if we wait for the result of the B test."

Felipe Payano
(Sport Secretary) "This was a very hard hit on the Dominican sport life however we believe in the honesty of our athlete, in all the people working within the weightlifting federation, in the doctor, Bolívar Vargas, who is recognized person within the Dominican sport life, also we believe in the honesty of William Ozune, the president of the Pan-American Federation. They guarantee our confidence that we are going on the right track, and we provide our athlete all possible."

Bolivar Vargas
(President of Weightlifting Federation) "The truth will come to light. We are certainly sure in any way that we will give an undeniable response to reject this intrigue against the Dominican Republic and its major female athlete."