FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Victory Ceremony - Men's 200m Freestyle Victory Ceremony - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 08/08/2016. Conor Dwyer (USA) of USA poses with his bronze medal. REUTERS/David Gray
(Reuters) - American double Olympic champion Conor Dwyer on Friday said he was retiring from swimming on the day he was handed a 20-month doping ban that ruled him out of next year's Tokyo Olympics.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) earlier announced that an independent three-member panel of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) determined the suspension after Dwyer was found to have had testosterone pellets inserted in his body.
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