O’Reilly’s A sample was positive and he has the right to have the B sample tested.
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Tha Irish Amateur Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) said in a statement Thursday an unnamed Irish boxer has been provisionally suspended.
He previously hit the headlines following another qualifying event in Turkey when he was sent home and fined £5,000 for bringing Irish boxing into disrepute.
Irish boxing team manager, Joe Hennigan, confirmed today that O’Reilly was still in the Olympic village but he is no longer staying in the same apartment as the other team members.
An Irish boxer has reportedly failed a drugs test.
11,239 athletes from an estimated world population of 7.4 billion are now converging on Rio to compete in the 311 events that make up the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The boxer’s case is being heard by a three-person panel from Sport Ireland’s anti-doping disciplinary committee and the process is likely to take days.
“It’s just a disappointing outcome”, he said.
His coach Pat Ryan is also the president of IABA.
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Barnes has received the honour of being the official Irish flag bearer at the opening ceremony on Friday.
