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Sochi Games: Third athlete fails dope test

Updated on: 23 February,2014 05:33 AM IST  | 
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Ukrainian cross-country skier Marina Lisogor has tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee announced on Saturday

Sochi Games: Third athlete fails dope test

Sochi: Ukrainian cross-country skier Marina Lisogor has tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee announced on Saturday.


Lisogor, 30, finished 58th in the ladies sprint free qualification race on February 11 at the Sochi Winter Olympics.


A Ukrainian Olympic Committee statement read: "Marina Lisogor gave her explanation at the disciplinary commission meeting that she took the drug product 'Preductal' not knowing that it consists the forbidden ingredient, thus unintentionally breaking the IOC anti-doping rules."


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