Chen Xinyi Ruled Out Of Rio 2016 Olympics By CAS After Testing Positive For Doping

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Chen Xinyi, China’s top butterfly swimmer, is out of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sitting here in Brazil, handed the 18-year-old a temporary suspension, with a final decision due before the end of the Games.

The ruling puts Chen out of the medley relay and the 50m freestyle this morning, both events part of the curtain-closing session in the pool here in Rio tomorrow.

Among rules that put Tomasz Zielinski (weightlifting 94kg, Poland), positive test with 19-Norandrosterone, and Silvia Danekova (athletics, 3000m steeple, Bulgaria), positive test with EPO CERA, out of action, the following ruling was applied to Chen Xinyi:

Xinyi Chen (swimming, 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle, China), positive test with hydrochlorothiazide (specified …

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