{"id":416854,"date":"2024-08-11T15:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T15:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416854"},"modified":"2024-08-11T22:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T22:08:55","slug":"flag-bearer-banned-just-hours-before-closing-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416854","title":{"rendered":"Flag bearer banned just hours before closing ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sprinter<\/a> Dominique Lasconi Mulamba, listed as one of Congo's flag bearers for the opening ceremony<\/a> of Paris 2024<\/a>, has tested positive for an anabolic steroid, the International Testing Agency said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Mulamba, who competed in the 100m, gave a sample that was positive for stanozolol metabolite, the ITA said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That's the same steroid that sprinter Ben Johnson used at Seoul 1988.<\/p>\n

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Mulamba has been provisionally suspended and cannot participate in the closing ceremony, it was revealed in a statement hours before the Stade de France event was set to begin.<\/p>\n

\"Dominique<\/p>\n

"This means that the athlete is prevented from competing, training, coaching, or participating in any activity, during the Olympic Summer Games Paris 2024," the ITA's statement said.<\/p>\n

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The sample was collected last Sunday, a day after the 22-year-old Mulamba was eliminated in the round before the semifinals when he ran 10.53 and finished seventh in his heat.<\/p>\n

It was the fourth failed drug test<\/a> at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n

Mulamba can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.<\/p>\n

The ITA's statement concluded: "Given that the case is underway, there will be no further comments during the ongoing proceeding."\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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