Missed doping tests: Olympic champion faces ban

The national association of her home country Lithuania announced this on Tuesday. Accordingly, the world association FINA announced that Meilutyte could not be found for unannounced doping controls three times within twelve months.

In order to enable testing outside of competitions, top athletes must indicate their training times and specify an hour each day and the location during which they will be available for unannounced checks. In the case of Meilutyte, these data were therefore not correct on April 22nd and August 19th, 2018 and March 28th, 2019, when inspectors wanted to carry out doping tests on her. The 22-year-old could now receive a competition ban of between 12 and 24 months. FINA is expected to decide on this after hearing the athlete.

Olympic victory and World Cup gold Meilutyte has been one of the best breaststroke swimmers in the world since 2012. At the Olympic Games in London she surprisingly won the 100 m distance and also won World Cup gold in this distance in 2013 and 2015. Most recently, she became vice world champion in the 2018 m breaststroke on the short course in 50.

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Missed doping tests: Olympic champion faces ban

Olympic and world swimming champion Ruta Meilutyte faces a multi-year ban for violating anti-doping regulations.

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