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| Athletes compete during the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic semifinals of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, Feb. 16. Reuters-Yonhap |
Ukrainian cross-country skier Valentyna Kaminska has tested positive for an anabolic androgenic steroid and two stimulants at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said Wednesday.
The ITA said the sample was collected during an in-competition anti-doping control Feb. 10 in Zhangjiakou, China and reported by a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in Beijing, Tuesday.
All three substances are on WADA's Prohibited List.
"The athlete has been informed of the case and has been provisionally suspended until the resolution of the matter in line with the World Anti-Doping Code and the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022," the ITA said in a statement.
Kaminska, 34, has the right to request the analysis of the B-sample and may also challenge the suspension before the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD).
Kaminska is the second athlete to test positive in Beijing after Iranian Alpine skier Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki, who was provisionally suspended last week.
