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Swimming-China's Chen banned for two years for doping at Rio
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 [December 10, 2016]
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese
swimmer Chen Xinyi has been banned for two years after failing a
drug test at the Rio Olympics, the sport's governing body (FINA)
said.
Chen finished fourth in the women's 100 meters butterfly at Rio but
did not start in the 50m freestyle heats after Chinese state media
reported she had tested positive for the diuretic
hydrochlorothiazide.
Hydrochlorothiazide, known as a masking agent, is a banned substance
because it can be used to spur weight loss and cover up the presence
of other illegal drugs by diluting urine collected in doping tests.
"The FINA Doping Panel decided ... to impose on the athlete a period
of two years’ ineligibility, starting on 11 August 2016 and ending
on 10 August 2018 for her first anti-doping rule violation," FINA
said in a statement.
"Furthermore, the FINA Doping Panel acknowledged the Court of
Arbitration for Sport Panel decision regarding the disqualification
of the athlete’s results at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games."
Chen's suspension followed Friday's release of the second part of
the World Anti-Doping Agency report into state-sponsored doping in
Russia.
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China's Chen Xinyi celebrates after winning the women's 50m
freestyle final swimming competition at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan
Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 26,
2014. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo
The report found more than 1,000 Russian competitors across dozens
of sports were involved in an institutional conspiracy to conceal
positive drug tests dating back to at least 2011.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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