HANGZHOU, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has provisionally suspended Saudi Arabia's long-distance runner Mohammed Yousef Al-Asiri from taking further part in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
"Yousef Al-Asiri, who was down to take part in the men's 10,000 meters and men's 5,000m races, had returned a positive test for the prohibited substance darbepoetin (dEPO)," the OCA said on Tuesday.
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