Fujimori's appeal to reduce two-year doping ban dismissed by CAS


FILE PHOTO: Rio Olympics - Swimming - Semifinal - Men's 200m Individual Medley Semifinals - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Hiromasa Fujimori (JPN) of Japan competes. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

(Reuters) - Japanese swimmer Hiromasa Fujimori's appeal against the length of his doping ban has been dismissed, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday.

Fujimori was banned for two years by the international swimming federation (FINA) after testing positive for the banned substance Methylephedrine.

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