奥运冠军孙杨药检呈阳性被禁赛
Chinese Olympic and world swimming champion Sun Yang had failed a doping test and been banned for three months, China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) told Xinhua on Monday.
中国反兴奋剂中心周一向新华社透露，中国奥运会以及世界游泳冠军孙杨没有通过药检被禁赛三个月。
The star swimmer tested positive for stimulant trimetazidine on May 17 during the national championships.
Sun waived his right to have the B sample tested but defended himself in a July hearing, saying it was a substance in the prescription drug Vasorel he was taking to treat a heart condition and he wasn't aware it was prohibited.
Trimetazidine is able to increase coronary flow reserve and was added to the prohibited list in January 2014.
"I have been tested numerous times during years of training and competition and I had never failed once before," said Sun on Monday, the Zhejiang native, who was also fined 5,000 RMB (about 816 U.S. dollars) with his national 1,500m freestyle title deprived.
"I was shocked and depressed at that time, but at the same time it made me cherish my sporting life even more. I will take it as a lesson and be more careful in the future."