- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Simon Yates avoids provisional suspension after anti-doping positive
- Updated: April 29, 2016
LONDON (AFP) — British cyclist Simon Yates has not been provisionally suspended for failing a drug test at Paris-Nice in March, which his Australian team Orica – GreenEdge blamed on an “administrative error” during treatment for asthma.
News of Yates’ failed test came with British Cycling already in turmoil over the resignation this week of technical director Shane Sutton, an Australian, amid allegations he used sexist language and made derogatory comments, just months from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Yates’ team said it was their fault, not the rider’s, that they had not gained a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) certificate after he tested positive for terbutaline, which is used to help alleviate asthma symptoms.
A TUE allows competitors to take otherwise banned drugs for legitimate medical reasons.
The UCI, cycling’s world governing body, issued a statement on Friday saying: “The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) confirms that British rider Simon Yates has been notified of an adverse analytical finding of terbutaline in a sample collected in the scope of an …
continue reading in source velonews.competitor.com
