Byline: Tim Layden
Joe Zelezniak, a 35-year-old track and field athlete from Schenectady who has been ranked as high as No.5 in the United States in the shot put, was suspended Thursday by The Athletics Congress for using anabolic steroids.
TAC, in a statement issued Friday, said Zelezniak tested positive for steroids after finishing third in the shot put at the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival in Houston last August.
Zelezniak admitted Friday evening that last February he received two injections of a substance he called "Deca" from a physician in New York City. The purpose of the injections, Zelezniak said, was to aid in the healing of a muscle tear in …
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