Chinthana Geetal Vidanage (born December 31, 1981) is a Sri Lankan

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. He won a gold medal in the men's 62 kg category weightlifting; the first weightlifting gold medal for Sri Lanka in the

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held in Australia. In, 2011 Vidanage was banned for four years for violating anti-doping rules. He was born in

Polonnaruwa Poḷonnaruwa, (; ) also referred as Pulathisipura and Vijayarajapura in History of Sri Lanka, ancient times, is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The modern town of Polonnaruwa is also known as New Town, ...

. Vidanage was a student of Polonnaruwa Royal Central College. Vidanage has qualified to compete for Sri Lanka at the

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, England.

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A urine sample provided by Vidanage in April 2011 at the 2011 Asian Weightlifting Championships in China was found to have

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of two

methylhexanamine Methylhexanamine (also known as methylhexamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 1,3-DMAA, dimethylamylamine, and DMAA; trade names Forthane and Geranamine) is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed ...

, which is banned by the

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. Vidanage admitted taking the drug "unknowingly". The International Weightlifting Federation subsequently banned him for four years.

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* * 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from North Central Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Sri Lanka Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sri Lankan sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in weightlifting Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Sri Lanka Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Sri Lankan powerlifters Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting {{SriLanka-weightlifting-bio-stub

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