O’Reilly has been engulfed in controversy since the Irish Examiner revealed he had failed a drugs test on the eve of the Rio Olympic Games commencing last Thursday. “No further communication will be made on the matter”, they said.
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A statement from the IABA read: “We are very disappointed that Michael may have taken any supplement without consulting the IABA High Performance Support Team”.
Ireland finished eighth, and Jonty Evans placed ninth individually, when the Olympic eventing competition concluded on Tuesday with France claiming team gold while Germany’s Michael Jung became only the third rider in history to defend his Olympic crown.
RTE reported O’Reilly is still in Rio but will soon return to Ireland.
The Olympic Council of Ireland announced that 23-year-old Michael O’Reilly, who had been due to begin his campaign in the middleweight division, will not compete.
“The IABA is fully committed to the Irish Anti-Doping Rules”.
“This process remains underway and until it is completed we are not in a position to comment further”.
As a result, as a result of the admission, O’Reilly is no longer contesting the provisional ban and as a result can not box in Rio.
Since then there has been much confusion over what course of action the Portlaoise native would take, with various reports saying that O’Reilly would launch an appeal, and that he may or may not get his B sample tested.
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O’Reilly is likely to go before a disciplinary hearing in Dublin at some stage after the Games end.
