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Backdated doping ban for shuttler

The Badminton World Federation has announced a backdated seven-month doping ban for Yu Xiaohan on the eve of the Chinese shuttler鈥檚 eligibility to return to competition.

The BWF released a statement yesterday saying Yu, who was disqualified and had her silver medal in the doubles stripped after failing a doping test at the world university games in Gwangju, South Korea, last July, 鈥渄id not take the pill to cheat or to gain a performance-enhancing advantage.鈥

Yu is free to return to competition today.

Yu鈥檚 test showed traces of Sibutramine, a weight-loss supplement that is prohibited in competition.

She attended a doping hearing on January 30 and said the substance must have been consumed inadvertently.

The BWF said the sanction of seven months was 鈥渃orrect and fair.鈥


 

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