Rower Mornati gets four-year ban, to miss Rio

PARIS: Italian rower Niccolo Mornati will miss the Rio Olympics after being suspended for four years by the country’s Anti-Doping Tribunal, the Italian National

PARIS: Italian rower Niccolo Mornati will miss the Rio Olympics after being suspended for four years by the country’s Anti-Doping Tribunal, the Italian National Olympic Committee said in a statement on Tuesday. The 35-year-old rower, who is the brother of Olympic silver medallist Carlo Mornati, tested positive for anastrozole, a breast cancer drug which can be used as a masking agent, on April 6 on his way back from a training camp in South Africa. Niccolo Mornati, who had qualified for the Rio Olympics, was provisionally suspended in May pending an inquiry by the tribunal but has now been banned until February 5, 2020. He has three silver medals and two bronze medals from world championships in different categories.

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