2016 Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz banned for doping: AIU

By AFP
May 29, 2024
razil´s 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz poses with his bronze medal.— Reuters/file
 razil´s 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz poses with his bronze medal.— Reuters/file 

PARIS: Brazil´s 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz will not be able to attempt to regain his title in Paris this year having been banned for 16 months for doping on Tuesday by the Athletics Integrity Unit.

“The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned Rio 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz for 16 months for the presence of ostarine glucuronide,” read an AIU statement. The 30-year-old had protested his innocence saying he had consumed it “through sports supplements containing the banned substance.”