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Beware of the Poppy Seed?

O'Grady loses Port of Tauranga title.

After winning the Port of Tauranga Half Iron on March 8, race winner Graham O’Grady (pictured above) was stripped of his title because of a positive drug test for morphine. It turns out this was caused by him eating bread with poppy seeds on them.

Find out more about the story here.

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The new men’s standings from the race is below:

1. Callum Millward
2. Cameron Brown
3. Clark Ellice
4. Michael Poole
5. Kieran Doe