Gabriel Santos Handed 12-Month Ban After Failing Drugs Test: Brazilian To Miss Tokyo 2020

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Pan Pacs 4x100m freestyle champion Gabriel Santos will miss the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 after FINA increased an eight-month suspension to 12 months following his positive drugs test.

It was announced last month that Santos had tested positive for Clostebol, a synthetic androgenic steroid with anabolic effects.

According to Brazil’s Globo Sport, Santos was tested on 20 May in Sao Paulo and following the report of his violation he was automatically banned from the World Championships currently being held in Gwangju, South Korea, and the Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru.

An eight-month ban was initially imposed but a FINA doping panel chaired by Australian Peter Kerr issued a review that instead increased it to 12 months. The suspension began on 19 July 2019 and will run until 20 July 2020, one week before the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Should Santos, who competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, decide to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, he will have 21 days to do so.

Another consequence of the confirmation and upgrading of Santos’ ban is that he will no longer be able to compete in the International Swimming League as a member of DC Trident. The ISL has a zero-tolerance policy on drugs.

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Mike McHenry

4 years ago

He just should have smashed the vials and thrown a hissy fit..seems to work for others?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

Bozjidar Bogdan

4 years ago

Reply to Mike McHenry

Sung Yung the best..

Taff Jones

4 years ago

Reply to Mike McHenry

Bozjidar Bogdan who. Sun ‘lance Armstrong’ Yung? Cheating git!

Mike McHenry

4 years ago

Reply to Mike McHenry

Bozjidar Bogdan one too many hits there, apparently…

Bozjidar Bogdan

4 years ago

Reply to Mike McHenry

Taff Jones yes like other swimmers…don’t be a fool if you believe some one is clean…

Sanele Nxumalo

4 years ago

Reply to Mike McHenry

Leave sun yung alone

Jack Martin

4 years ago

And Sun Yang walks away!

Yanjing Wang

4 years ago

Reply to Jack Martin

Jack Martin And your prove please!

Jason Swaim

4 years ago

Reply to Jack Martin

Yanjing Wang his behavior by itself is proof. Stop making excuses for cheaters.

Joanne Newton

4 years ago

Reply to Jack Martin

Jack Martin exactly

Jack Martin

4 years ago

Reply to Jack Martin

Yang’s destruction of the vial with a hammer and his previous positive test are evidence that he has no respect for the doping regulations.

Jill Bowles

4 years ago

Reply to Jack Martin

Yanjing Wang Old sunshine should not even be competing he broke the rules when he smashed the vile He should be banned nobody else gets away with doing that