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Kenyan reprimanded after testing positive

Updated on: 12 September,2016 07:21 AM IST  | 
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A Kenyan powerlifter has been reprimanded by the International Paralympic Committee after testing positive for a banned substance contained in a cough medicine

Kenyan reprimanded after testing positive

Rio de Janeiro: A Kenyan powerlifter has been reprimanded by the International Paralympic Committee after testing positive for a banned substance contained in a cough medicine.


Gabriel Magu Wanjiku, who failed to register a valid lift in Friday's -59 kilograms class, was subject of a hearing after an adverse analytical finding for terbutaline in a urine sample provided on July 29 after an out-of-competition test in Nairobi, Kenya, the IPC said.



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