http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30810610

Jordan striker Ahmad Hayel developed hypothermia after being made to drink "several litres of water" by doping testers at the Asian Cup, according to his country's football association.

The 31-year-old drank so much water to help him give a urine sample following the 1-0 defeat by Iraq.

Jordanian FA general secretary Fadi Zureikat said the procedure left Hayel in a "semi-coma and with hypothermia".
Asian Cup officials said they were waiting for a report into the incident.

Zureikat claims Hayel was given no salts or minerals with the water and that the forward was unconscious when taken back to the team hotel in a private car.

Jordan manager Ray Wilkins, the former Chelsea coach and England midfielder, described the incident as "dangerous". He could be without Hayel for Friday's match against Palestine in Melbourne.

wonder why this wasnt covered in aus media...

Pretty sure I read an article a couple of days ago on foxsports about this.

How many litres of water lol, talking like it torture or some shit,

Do they mean Hypothermia or Hyponatremia?

The amount of water you would need to drink for this to happen is huge, like 5-6 liters.

What this article has neglected to report was it was the being left in an over air-conditioned room for four hours waiting to pee that led to the 'hypothermia'

OR that fact the jordan medical staff were onsite monitoring the whole process. He got caught out and putting up a stink. he came back positive the staff gave him benefit of the doubt that he was dehydrated told him to drink some water and do it again. Still positive, drug cheat..........

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x2. water does not make you sick. if anything, helps with he recovery.

Yepp total 'drug cheat', someone should tell the officials that he just walked onto the field to play Japan....

Hyponatremia requires an ungodly amount of water and no electrolyte intake, hypothermia from aircon is even more ludicrous. I hate to say it but this sounds suspicious.

Edited by crusader: 20/1/2015 10:12:31 PM

Not exactly true, the amount needed could be much less after losing salts while playing football. You could potentially only have to drink 1-3L after extreme exercise.