Doping allegations have plagued this year’s swimming competitions after Australian Mack Horton called his rival and fellow Olympic swimming gold medalist Sun Yang a “drug cheat”, and USA gold medalist Lily King criticized Russia’s twice-banned swimmer Yulia Efimova.
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She was scheduled to swim in the 50 meter freestyle on Friday.
It also reiterates its resolute disapproval of banned substances. “We will cooperate with the Court of Arbitration of Sport during its investigation and will respect the final ruling by the CAS”.
It follows a controversial lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics, where Russia’s entire athletics team and Paralympic team have been banned for their involvement in systematic, state-wide doping for the past five years.
Diuretics increase urination rates and can be used as “masking agents” to hide the presence of performance-enhancing substances that doping tests screen for.
Xinyi missed the bronze in the 100-meter butterfly by nine-hundredths of a second.
The announcement was reported yesterday by Xinhua, the official state news agency. Bulgarian television said the 33-year-old tested positive for the blood booster EPO.
Swimming prodigy Chen Xinyi, who won several gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games, reportedly tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a banned drug, Reuters reported. She tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, CAS said in a statement.
Adrian failed a test in Poland before the Games, Michal Rynkowski, director of Poland’s Commission Against Doping in Sport, told reporters in Warsaw. That decision has sparked complaints from several swimmers, most notably American Lilly King.
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“We can not tolerate such behaviour”, said Kip Keino, chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya. Track and field manager Michael Rotich was ejected after a Sunday Times investigation claimed he was prepared to warn other coaches about drug tests for a £10,000 fee.
