Olympics: Cypriot Weightlifter Sent Home After Failing Drugs Test
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 06, 2016 | 09:50 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th August, 2016) - Cypriot weightlifter Antonis Martasides has been sent home from the Olympic Games after failing a drugs test, it was reported Saturday. The Cyprus Mail said on its website that Martasides had tested positive for a banned substance following an out-of-competition test on July 25 in Athens. Martasides' credential for Rio was revoked following the test.
He is the third athlete to be involved in a drugs controversy since the Olympic village opened. Irish boxer Michael O'Reilly also faces being sent home from Rio after failing a test.
O'Reilly, a middleweight medal prospect, is reportedly hoping to win a reprieve through a swift appeal. Italian beach volleyball player Viktoria Orsi Toth has also been excluded from the Games after failing a drugs test carried out on July 19.
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