Thiago Braz celebrates back-to-back Olympic medals in Tokyo but is banned from Paris for doping. (EPA PHOTO)
Brazilian former Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz has been banned for 16 months after he was found to have violated anti-doping regulations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has revealed.
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The 30-year-old, who won gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and took bronze in Tokyo in 2021, will miss this year's Games in Paris.
He was deemed to have breached the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules (ADR 2.1) relating to "Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete's Sample".
Tuesday's ban comes after he tested positive last year for the banned substance ostarine glucuronide, which the athlete said he consumed through sports supplements.
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