MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Cycling Union says Olympic medallist Margarita Fullana of Spain has been provisionally suspended after testing positive to the banned blood-booster EPO.
A World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratory in Montreal reported an “adverse analytical finding of EPO” in a urine sample collected in an out-of-competition test on Aug. 30, the UCI said in a statement Saturday.
The news of the 38-year-old Fullana’s suspension came two days after three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was provisionally suspended after a trace of the banned substance clenbuterol was found in a urine sample taken during the tour.
Fullana won bronze in the cross-country cycling at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and has won three mountain bike world titles.
