Patrick Mendes and Joshua Gilbert lost opportunity to compete at 2012 Olympics

Patrick Mendes and Joshua Gilbert, top Olympic weightlifters, were banned from “Average Broz’s Gymnasium” (Las Vegas, Nevada). They tested positive for prohibited preparations. Steroids were not the medicines taken by these sportsmen. They administered non-steroidal medicines that are also forbidden under Code of the WADA.
Patrick Mendes tested positive for forbidden preparations in February 2012 before the United States Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting determined who would represent the US at the 2012 Olympic Games. He tested for HGH; as a result, he was suspended.
Joshua Gilbert tested positive for the diuretic substance furosemide at the 2012 National Weightlifting Championships. It was in March 2012.
Furosemide is a preparation which is taken by those who take steroids in order to hide usage of steroids. Moreover, this medication helps sportspersons to lose weight in order to correspond to certain weight categories.  Weightlifting, boxing and wrestling are sports where athletes are divided to certain weight categories.
HGH and furosemide are drugs which are prohibited by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The anti-doping system of the IWF meets criteria of the WADA Code.
Mendes and Gilbert were trained by John Broz. Broz lived and trained with the well-known Bulgarian weightlifter Antonio Krastev during his career. Krastev broke a world record snatch of 216 kg in 1987. John Broz studied the Bulgarian system of trainings and brought several methods to America. He established own training facilities in Las Vegas.
Mendes was sentenced to 2-year suspension. As for Gilbert, he was sentenced to 3-year ban.
The suspensions of these weightlifters are failure for “Average Broz’s Gym”. Thus, the greatest weightlifters were not allowed to represent their native country at the 2012 London Olympics.