Patrick Mendes and Joshua Gilbert were sentenced to bans for usage of banned drugs

The top Olympic weightlifters Patrick Mendes and Joshua Gilbert were banned from “Average Broz’s Gymnasium” (Las Vegas, Nevada). They tested positive for prohibited preparations. Steroids were not the products used by these sportsmen. They used non-steroidal products which are also banned under Code of the WADA.
Mendes tested positive for forbidden medicines in February 2012 before the United States Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting set who would represent the US at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The athlete tested for HGH; as a result, he was sentenced to a suspension.
Joshua Gilbert tested positive for the diuretic drug furosemide at the 2012 National Weightlifting Championships. It was in March 2012.
Furosemide is a product that is used by those who apply steroids in order to hide steroid use. Furthermore, this medication helps sportspersons to lose weight in order to correspond to certain weight classes.  Weightlifting, boxing and wrestling are sports where athletes are divided to certain weight categories.
HGH and furosemide are medications that are prohibited by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The anti-doping system of the IWF is in the harmony with the WADA Code.
The weightlifters Mendes and Gilbert were coached by John Broz. Broz lived and trained with the celebrated Bulgarian weightlifter Antonio Krastev during his career. Krastev broke a world record snatch of 216 kg in 1987. John Broz learned the Bulgarian system of trainings and brought certain methods to America. He established own training facilities in Las Vegas.
Mendes was sentenced to 2-year suspension. As for Gilbert, he was suspended for 3 years.
The bans of these athletes are failure for “Average Broz’s Gym”. Thus, the greatest weightlifters were not allowed to represent their home country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.