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American swimmer Jessica Hardy handed 'reduced' drug ban
[SIZE=-1]Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom[SIZE=-1] - Simon Hart[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]American swimmer Jessica Hardy, a former 100 metres breaststroke world record-holder, has been given a "reduced" one-year suspension after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid clebruterol. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hardy later blamed her failed test on a contaminated food supplement. Testing positive for an anabolic steroid usually carries a two-year ban under the World Anti-Doping Code.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hardy's ban ends on July 31, allowing her to return to competition in August though not in time for the World Championships in Rome.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The panel said in a statement that it retained jurisdiction over Hardy's case and could reduce the ban further if she was ruled ineligible to compete at the 2012 London Olympics under a new International Olympic Committee rule.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In April, five Chinese swimmers were handed two-year suspensions for testing positive for the same steroid. Their coaches all also were handed two-year bans.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom[SIZE=-1] - Simon Hart[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]American swimmer Jessica Hardy, a former 100 metres breaststroke world record-holder, has been given a "reduced" one-year suspension after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid clebruterol. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hardy later blamed her failed test on a contaminated food supplement. Testing positive for an anabolic steroid usually carries a two-year ban under the World Anti-Doping Code.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hardy's ban ends on July 31, allowing her to return to competition in August though not in time for the World Championships in Rome.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The panel said in a statement that it retained jurisdiction over Hardy's case and could reduce the ban further if she was ruled ineligible to compete at the 2012 London Olympics under a new International Olympic Committee rule.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In April, five Chinese swimmers were handed two-year suspensions for testing positive for the same steroid. Their coaches all also were handed two-year bans.[/SIZE]
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