‘I do not use illicit drugs’: Tokyo 2020 hopeful provisionally suspended after positive test

A Tokyo 2020 contender has been provisionally suspended by the FEI after testing positive for a prohibitive substance.

Nicole Walker, a member of the Canadian showjumping team which finished fourth at the Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru (26 July to 11 August), tested positive for Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine. The substance is prohibited under the FEI’s anti-doping rules for human athletes.

A spokesman for the FEI said a sample was taken from Nicole on 7 August, the day of the team final.

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Article written by: Becky Murray