By Aadi Nair PARIS (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Wu Shih Yi was handed a walkover in her lightweight round of 16 bout on Monday after Nigerian opponent Cynthia Ogunsemilore was provisionally suspended following positive test for a banned substance. On Saturday, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and African Games champion Ogunsemilore tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic […]
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By Aadi Nair
PARIS (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Wu Shih Yi was handed a walkover in her lightweight round of 16 bout on Monday after Nigerian opponent Cynthia Ogunsemilore was provisionally suspended following positive test for a banned substance.
On Saturday, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and African Games champion Ogunsemilore tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic on WADA’s prohibited list, in an out-of-competition doping control collected on Thursday.
In the quarter-finals, Wu will next meet either Australia’s Tyla McDonald or Maria Jose Palacios of Ecuador, who face off later on Monday.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair; Editing by Alison Williams)