Lausanne, Switzerland – The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that it has upheld the four-year ban imposed by FINA on Ireland’s triple Olympic gold medalist, Michelle DeBruin. <\/p>\n
DeBruin had been found guilty of adulterating her urine sample in an out-of-competition test in January 1998 with alcohol. The IOC testing lab in Barcelona also found a “metabolite for a steroid” later identified as androstendione. <\/p>\n
Contacted in Europe, where she is competing in the Mare Nostrum meets, U.S. swim star Jenny Thompson, said: “Banning cheaters is the right thing to do. I just can’t believe it’s taken so long.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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