Zhang Wenxiu of China holds her medal as she smiles at the women's hammer throw victory ceremony during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow August 16, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
(Reuters) - Chinese hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu, who was kicked out of last year's Asian Games after failing a dope test, has had her gold medal returned, the Olympic Council for Asia (OCA) said on Wednesday.
Zhang set an Asian Games record with a throw of 77.33 metres to win the women's hammer title in Incheon, South Korea last September before a pre-competition test revealed traces of Zeranol, a banned substance used as a growth promoter in livestock.
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