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He finished second in 1972, but tested positive for Dianabol, an anabolic steroid, and was disqualified, becoming the first Olympic judoka to fail a drug test. He finished in tenth place in 1976.
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Bakhvain Buyadaa
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Buyadaa came to the 1972 Olympics with a freestyle wrestling background and no firm knowledge of judo rules. He quickly lost the final to Kawaguchi, and was striped off his silver medal for failing a drug test.
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Yet he won his first two bouts, and was close to beating the reigning world champion Takao Kawaguchi in the third. Kawaguchi broke two ribs while escaping from the ground pin by Buyadaa, but managed to win by close decision. In the repechage Buyadaa won against another favorite, Jean-Jacques Mounier.
