{"id":148706,"date":"2015-06-10T06:37:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T13:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=148706"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:05:30","slug":"anderson-silvas-olympic-dreams-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silvas-olympic-dreams-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva’s Olympic Dreams Are Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you had hopes of watching former UFC champion Anderson Silva competing in 2016’s Olympic games, well, you’ll have to stick to beach volleyball.<\/p>\n

Silva came out a while ago and said publicly that he wanted to try out for and potentially compete in the upcoming olympics, in taekwondo.<\/p>\n

Now, it appears he has changed his mind. According to his manager, Jorge Guimaraes, who talked to PVT<\/a>, Silva has decided to nix the idea and will instead just keep training and wait for the ruling on his failed drug tests.<\/p>\n

“This Olympic thing has been discarded. Anderson won\u2019t participate in the Olympics. He\u2019s now waiting for the Athletic Commission\u2019s verdict, which should come soon. We are waiting, we\u2019ll see if there\u2019s going to be a punishment and how long it will be. He\u2019s training, Anderson never stops training. He\u2019s staying active.”<\/em><\/p>\n

News came out yesterday that his hearing with the NSAC had been pushed back once again, so, it’s still just a waiting game.<\/p>\n

UFC 188\u2019s Gilbert Melendez: “I still have a lot of fight in me”<\/strong><\/p>\n