SHANGHAI (AP) — A hearing into world and Olympic champion Cesar Cielo’s doping case was held Wednesday before a specially assembled Court of Arbitration for Sport panel.
The CAS panel was expected to issue a ruling by Friday, two days before Cielo’s opening event at the swimming world championships, a freestyle relay. Cielo also will attempt to defend his world titles in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle races, plus he’s entered in the 50 butterfly.
Swimming governing body FINA challenged a Brazilian federation decision to give Cielo only a warning after he tested positive for furosemide, a banned diuretic and masking agent, at a meet in Rio de Janeiro in May.
Cielo said he consumed the drug in a contaminated batch of a food supplement he regularly used. He could face a ban of two years under WADA rules.
