23 year old Irish Boxer Michael O'Reilly has become the first
athlete to fail a drug test at Rio Olympics after he was caught by a random
drug test before his team flew to Brazil yesterday for the tournament. The
Irish Amateur Boxing Federation confirmed that O'Reilly is temporarily
suspended pending a full investigation.
Following his positive test he has the right as an athlete
to request a B-sample. Michael has a week to clear his name before being struck
out of the Olympic Games as his opening bout, a second round fight as he is
third seed, is scheduled for next week Friday.
Michael O'Reilly was earlier in May fined £5,000 and sent
home from an Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey for bringing Irish boxing
into disrepute.
No comments:
Post a Comment