Yuliya Efimova Back At Uni of S California Training After FINA Lift Prov. Suspension

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Yulia Efimova**, the Russian swimmer who has tested positive for more than one banned substance in the past three years, including an anabolic steroid listed on the label of the product she bought and consumed, has returned to training with coach Dave Salo’s University of California/Trojan program in Los Angeles.

FINA lifted the provisional suspension imposed on Efimova at the start of this week, according to the swimmer’s agent.

The Chairman of the FINA Doping Panel, Anti-Doping Panel, American Robert Fox, is said to have signed the paperwork confirming the withdrawal of the suspension that had been in place since March 14 after the Russian swimmer tested positive for meldonium.

Andrey Mitkov, Efimova’s agent, revealed the news to the the All Sports website in Russia, confirmed that the doping case against his client is not over but noted that Efimova flew back to the USA on Tuesday and started to train “for the Olympic Games” on Wednesday back at Trojan.

The agent is cited as saying that Efimova trained with Salo that day but that cannot be the case given that Salo is in London at the …

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