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The American Doping Agency (OSADA) announced Monday that its 6th Olympic champion and 16-time world champion Ryan Lochte have been suspended for 14 months, until 2019, for anti-doping rule violations.
"The attention of the agency after the publication of a photo on May 24 on social networks shows that it is being injected intravenously.
L & # 39; agency "the survey conducted by Osada and cooperation with Locht full of will, revealed that he was receiving an intravenous injection of authorized substances. Before confirming that the method used is contrary to applicable regulations, note that this The winner of 12 Olympic medals used a higher dose (over 100ml in 12 hours) than allowed.
The suspension decision was made retroactive on May 24, meaning that Lochte will not be able to participate in the Lochte American Swimming Championships was defended at a press conference Monday on which he accepted the US DADA decision: "I did not break the rules, everything is legal."
Locht, who specializes in backpacks and free and varied swimming, said that he did not He would not stop his training in order to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020, which will coincide with his 36th birthday.
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