Uzbek and Filipino cyclists suspended after failed drug tests


UZBEK cyclist Aleksey Fomovskiy and Filipino mountain biker Ariana Evangelista have tested positive for banned substances at the Asian Games and were provisionally suspended, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said.

Fomovskiy, 22, finished fifth in the men’s omnium track cycling final on Sept 28 and sixth in the road time-trial race on Tuesday while Evangelista, 27, was the last to finish the women’s mountain bike race on Sept 25.

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