Olympics-Top French fencer Thibus suspended after 'adverse' anti-doping test


FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 202 0 Olympics - Fencing - Women's Team Foil - Gold medal match - Makuhari Messe Hall B - Chiba, Japan - July 29, 2021. Ysaora Thibus of France reacts REUTERS/Carl Recine/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -French fencer Ysaora Thibus, who is among the favourites in the foil category for this year's Paris Olympics, has been provisionally suspended after an anti-doping test returned an "adverse analytical finding", the French federation said on Friday.

"The French Fencing Federation has just been informed by the International Testing Agency acting on behalf of International Fencing Federation (FIA) that foil fencer Ysaora Thibus was tested on 14 January and found to have an adverse analytical finding," the French federation said in a statement.

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