A FORMAL anti-doping enquiry
into Australian swimmer Ryan
Napoleon’s positive banned drug
test has found a pharmacist was
actually responsible for the mishap.
Having tested positive to a FINA
banned medication, formoterol, in
April, Napoleon underwent a
gruelling investigation process
which turned up the fact that his
pharmacist had accidentally
wrongly labelled an asthma inhaler.
“It is clear that the swimmer had
no intention of enhancing his
sports performances,” FINA said in
a statement.
Napoleon was however slapped
with a three-month ban for “a
degree of negligence”, which
would see him miss out on the
2010 Commonwealth Games in
New Delhi.
“The doping panel underlines
the responsibility of the athlete to
check his medicine,” the FINA
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