RIO DE JANEIRO, July 28 (Xinhua) — Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz has been provisionally suspended from all competitions after a constructive doping check, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) stated on Friday.
The 29-year-old Brazilian was discovered to have traces of the performance-enhancing drug ostarine in his urine following a routine check.
He will face a tribunal listening to and might be banned for as much as 4 years if discovered responsible.
The AIU didn’t disclose when the pattern was taken.
Braz competed in two Diamond League occasions in Europe in July and is getting ready for the World Championships in Budapest subsequent month.
Braz gained gold on the Rio Games in 2016 and took bronze in Tokyo 5 years later. He additionally claimed the silver medal on the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade final 12 months and holds the indoor and outside Brazilian pole vault data.