Sean McGoldrick is a Welsh

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 boxer who was awarded the gold medal for the Bantamweight

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 division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

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 in New Delhi

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, India

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,. Mcgoldrick lost to Manju Wanniarachchi

Manju Wanniarachchi

Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan boxer who won gold medal at the XIX Commonwealth Games Boxing Bantam Weight 56-kilo category, defeating Sean McGoldrick of Wales in the final, but was later stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test...

 of Sri Lanka

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 in the final and was initially awarded the silver medal. At the time McGoldrick was an 18 year old pupil at Duffryn Comprehensive School and the Wales national coach was Colin Jones.

On 24 October 2010 National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka

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 announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a drugs test taken during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone

Nandrolone

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, a banned performance enhancing drug. Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drugs test due to the asthma medication he was taking. Wanniarachchi subsequently failed the second drugs test and intended to launch an appeal.

In December 2010 McGoldrick was selected as BBC Wales Junior Sportsman of the Year.

In June 2011 McGoldrick was retrospectively awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight gold medal .