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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016 SPORTS Chinese swimmer banned two years for doping BEIJING: Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi the women’s 100m butterfly final, finish- of performance-enhancing substances Championships with the Chinese retrospectively by Chinese authorities. In has been banned from competition for ing fourth. that are screened for in doping tests. 4x100m medley relay team. March, the Chinese Swimming two years, the swimming federation She is banned from competing for Chen first made headlines when she The country’s swimmers have previ- Association revealed that six of the FINA announced, after she failed a dop- two years, from August 11 this year to won gold in the 100m butterfly and 50m ously been embroiled in doping contro- country’s swimmers had tested positive ing test at the Rio Olympics. The 18- August 10, 2018, FINA said in an freestyle events at the 2014 Asian versy, with athletes at Rio calling China’s for drugs in the preceding months, year-old tested positive for announcement Saturday. Diuretics Games, with times that set champi- star swimmer Sun Yang a “drugs cheat”. including three for hydrochlorothiazide. hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic, on increase urination rates and can be used onship records. Sun served a three-month doping Two of the six athletes received only August 8, the same day she took part in as “masking agents” to hide the presence She also won gold at the 2015 World ban in 2014, which was only announced warnings. — AFP EAST RUTHERFORD: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (88) fumbles the ball during the second half of an CHARLOTTE: San Diego Chargers’ Philip Rivers (17) is sacked in the end zone for a safety by Carolina Panthers’ NFL football game as New York Giants’ Janoris Jenkins (20) and Keenan Robinson (57) defend Sunday, in East Mario Addison (97) in the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday.
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