Artistic gymnast Luiza Galiulina has been suspended from the Olympic Games after failing a drugs test. Galiulina, of Uzbekistan, tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee said.
The 20-year-old, from Tashkent, had her case heard in London on Saturday evening and will have a "B" urine sample tested on Sunday.The IOC said she was provisionally suspended "with immediate effect".
Furosemide is a diuretic or 'water pill', there is really no reason for a young gymnast to be taking it (although it would cause initial weight loss)
Such a shame :-( Galiulina attended her first olympics in Beijing and has improved so so much since then. She would have had a decent shot at the all-around final.
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