Wushu exponent Cheau Xuen back in the fray after doping ban

National wushu exponent Tai Cheau Xuen with the gold medal she won at the Asian Games in South Korea last year. She was stripped of the gold medal after failing a dope test. - Filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: Wushu exponent Tai Cheau Xuen thought her career was over when she was banned for four months for a doping offence at the Asian Games last September.

The 23-year-old was the first Malaysian gold medallist in Incheon, South Korea, after winning the women’s nanquan and nandao combined event. But her world came crumbling down after she was tested positive for sibutramine, an ingredient commonly found in slimming products.