Just one other athlete — Japanese short-track speedskater Kei Saito — has failed a doping test at these games. He tested positive for the masking agent acetalozamide in an out-of-competition doping test on the day of his arrival. The nation was barred from the Olympics in December after an investigation into a state-backed doping program that corrupted the 2014 Olympics it hosted in Sochi. Meldonium caused confusion among Russian athletes when it was added to the list of banned substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency as scores of athletes, including former five-time Grand Slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova, tested positive for it. Read more: At Olympics, Russians are fans without a countryRead more about:

Source: thestar February 18, 2018 13:18 UTC