RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian cyclist has been suspended after failing a doping test before the Olympics.
The international cycling federation, UCI, says Kleber Ramos tested positive for CERA, a version of the blood-boosting drug EPO, on July 31.
The test came a week before Ramos competed in the Olympic road race on Aug. 6. He did not finish
The 30-year-old Ramos was on a UCI list of provisionally suspended athletes with analysis of the backup “B’’ sample still pending.
Meanwhile, China has shattered its own world record in the women’s team sprint its time of 31.928 seconds pushing it into a gold-medal match with Russia.
The team of Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi broke their Olympic record set at the London Games in the first round. Then they lowered the mark of 32.034 from last year’s world championships.
China is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in the event.
