carphedon

Nikolai Durmanov, head of the Russian Anti-Doping Committee, said the Russian Olympic committee knew the product, phenotropile, contained carphedon and that several articles were published warning athletes about phenotropile containing a banned substance.

USATODAY.com - Russian biathlete suspended 2 years after failed drug test 2006

Pyleva, 30, tested positive for the stimulant carphedon and was expelled Thursday from the Torino Games, the first athlete caught in the tightest drug net in Winter Olympics history.

USATODAY.com - Russian biathlete suspended 2 years after failed drug test 2006

A Russian spokesman said Pyleva had been treated for an ankle injury in January and given an over-the-counter medication not listing carphedon as an ingredient.

USATODAY.com - Russian biathlete suspended 2 years after failed drug test 2006

For the first time since Thursday, the biathlon buzz wasn't about the 30-year-old Pyleva, who tested positive for carphedon, which Russian officials have blamed on an over-the-counter medication she took in January.

USATODAY.com - Wilhelm shoots down the field in 10km biathlon pursuit 2006

The 34-year-old Russian competed as Olga Pyleva at the 2006 Turin Olympics, where she was thrown out of the games and stripped of a silver in the 15K individual race after testing positive for the banned stimulant carphedon.

Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

There was only one positive test in Turin - Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was stripped of a silver medal after her post-race sample showed traces of the stimulant carphedon.

Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010