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McGoldrick to discover gold medal fate on May 8
By Duncan Mackay
April 23 - Welsh boxer Sean McGoldrick will discover on May 8 whether Sri Lanka's Manju Wanniarachchi is to be stripped of the Commonwealth Games title and the gold medal awarded to him.
Wanniarachchi tested positive for banned performance-enhancing anabolic steroids after beating McGoldrick to claim victory in the bantamweight division in New Delhi.
A hearing was supposed to be take place in January but was postponed because Wanniarachchi's legal representative was ill and unable to attend.
It will now take place in Kuala Lumpar on May 8 on the of a meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) ruling Executive Board in the Malaysian capital.
"I've been told his next appeal hearing is on May 8 so hopefully I should know soon," said McGoldrick.
"It has gone on for too long now but I can't do anything about it.
"I'll just wait and see what they decide."
Just as anxious for a conclusion to the case is Tony Borg, McGoldrick's trainer.
"He's a very laid-back kid and he's taken it all in his stride but it is frustrating," said Borg.
"There's too much money and politics involved.
"At the end of the day the guy failed a drugs test and he should be disqualified."
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