Russia's Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dyachenko row in the men's kayak double (K2) 200m event at Eton Dorney during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Philip Brown
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Russia's men's quadruple sculls crew have been banned from the Rio Olympics after one of their members failed a doping test in May, the world governing body FISA said on Friday.
Sergej Fedorovtsev provided a urine sample at an out-of-competition test conducted by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency on May 17 and tested positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine, FISA said in a statement.
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