Three Ukrainian wrestlers stripped of Olympic licenses because of positive doping tests

Three Ukrainian wrestlers stripped of Olympic licenses because of positive doping tests

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The Olympic licenses of three Ukrainian wrestlers were revoked because of positive doping results, United World Wrestling reports.

Thus, Ukrainian freestyle wrestlers Andriy Kviatkovsky (65 kg), Olena Zaseyeva (125 kg), and Ukraine’s representative in women’s wrestling – the 2015 World champion, Oksana Herhel (58) tested positive for meldonium.

Doping tests, which showed small concentrations of meldonium, were taken at the Olympic Qualifications Tournaments. In general, seven wrestlers tested positive for meldonium – three athletes from Ukraine, and each from Belarus, Poland, Mongolia, and Kyrgyzstan.

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