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By Saroj Pathirana
BBC Sinhala service
Chintana says he did not know the food supplement he took contained a banned substance

Sri Lanka's Commonwealth gold medallist Chinthana Geethal Vidanage has admitted unknowingly taking a banned substance months before the Asian Games in China.

He told BBC Sinhala service, Sandeshaya that the nutritional supplement he has taken was only added to the banned drugs list in 2010 by WADA.

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"I have never taken any medication from any suspicious people, I always go to the government hospital," he said.

A banned substance called Methylhexaenamine was found in his urine sample in a test carried out by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).

Methylhexaenamine is a dietary supplement as well as treatment for hypertrophied or hyperplasic oral tissues, according to Wikipedia.

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He did not know, Vidanage said, that the supplement he took contained a banned substance at the time of consuming it.