14. Juli 2009  
Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Artistic Gymnastics

Yuri van GELDER suspended after Kokain Violation ...

The international specialist on rings, the Dutch gymnast Yuri van GELDER, acting European Champion 2009 in Milan and world champion (2005, Melbourne) has acknowledged using cocaine after he failed a drug test ahead of the Dutch National Championships (2009, June, Rotterdam).
In a press conference on Monday in Arnhem, July 13, he told the press, that he had use the drug "for fun", only and not to inhance his performance or achievment.
Van Gelder is member of the Flik-Flak Club of Den Bosch (NED). His coach is Bran van Bokhoven and van Gelder was in attendance of the Dutch Army.
Yesterday his article of employment at the army...