Doping-Australian Olympian Bol tests positive for banned substance


FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games - Athletics - Men's 800m - Final - Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, Britain - August 7, 2022 Australia's Peter Bol celebrates after winning silver REUTERS/John Sibley

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian athlete Peter Bol, who finished fourth in the 800 metres at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, Athletics Australia said on Friday.

The middle distance runner returned an adverse finding for synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition urine test last October and was suspended on Jan. 10 after the approval of Sports Integrity Australia.

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