Winter Olympics: Russia's Nadezhda Sergeeva banned for doping

A second Russian athlete competing at the Winter Olympics has been sanctioned for taking a banned substance.

Nadezhda Sergeeva, 30, was one of 168 Russians allowed to compete as neutrals at the Games despite the country being banned for previous doping offences.

She finished 12th in the two-woman bobsleigh event in Pyeongchang.

"The athlete has accepted a provisional suspension beyond the period of the Games," the Court of Arbitration for Sport said.

Its anti-doping panel met to hear her case on Saturday and said she had admitted an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for trimetazidine.


Source : bbc