Thiago Braz, who received Olympic pole vault gold in entrance of his residence crowd on the Rio 2016 Olympics, has been banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping offence.
The 29-year-old, in response to the AIU, examined constructive for the prohibited substance ostarine, which supplies comparable results to testosterone.
Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator that may assist muscle development.
Braz may face a ban of as much as 4 years if the allegations are confirmed.
The AIU has provisionally suspended Thiago Braz (Brazil) for the presence/use of a Prohibited Substance (Ostarine Glucuronide/Ostarine).
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The Brazilian additionally claimed bronze on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and world indoor silver in Belgrade final yr respectively.
He holds Brazilian nationwide pole vault data each indoors and outside. His private greatest indoors is 5.95m and outside it’s 6.03m, the latter which helped him turn out to be Olympic champion.
That clearance of 6.03m nonetheless stands because the Olympic report.
Braz’s final competitors was on the Silesia Diamond League on July 16.
The World Athletics Championships happen in Budapest from August 19-27.
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