Winter Olympics 2022 - Spain figure skater Laura Barquero becomes fourth athlete to fail doping test from the Games

Spain figure skater Laura Barquero has tested positive for a banned substance at the Winter Olympics, according to the International Testing Agency (ITA). The ITA said a sample taken on February 18 contained a metabolite of clostebol which is on the anti-doping agency’s prohibited list. Ad/> Barquero was tested during the pairs skating short programme in Beijing.

The 20-year-old and her partner Marizio Zandron finished 11th in the pairs skating event. Beijing 2022Trusova returns as Wonder Woman for Gala, days after angry vow to never skate again20/02/2022 AT 09:48 «The athlete [Barquero] has been informed. She has the right to request the analysis of the B-sample,» the ITA said in a statement.

«The matter will thereafter be referred to the anti-doping division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport [Cas] for adjudication under the IOC [International Olympic Committee] anti-doping rules applicable to the Olympic Games Beijing 2022. »Given that the case is under way, there will be no further comments during the ongoing proceeding." /> Barquero is the fourth positive test from the Games which was dominated by the case of 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva. The Russian still competed in Beijing even though she tested positive for banned angina drug trimetazidine before the Winter Olympics began.

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