Slovenian Ice Hockey player tests positive for Fenoterol


The Slovenian Ice Hockey player Ziga Jeglic has tested positive for Fenoterol CAS Anti-Doping Division reports Tuesday.

 

The athlete was tested during the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. He has accepted an anti-doping rule violation and has been suspended for competing in the remainder of the Winter Games. This is the third anti-doping rule violating during the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. In the Anti-Doping Database we have registered 14 athletes who has been suspended after testing positive for Fenoterol. Russia has the most cases with four followed by the Czech Republic (3) and Brazil (2). Athletics is the sport with the most doping cases with 5 followed by Cycling (2) and Swimming (2). Suspensions for this substance ranges from public warning to four years. Most athletes seems to have been banned for one year or less. About Fenoterol: Fenoterol is a beta agonist designed to open up the airways to the lungs by decreasing bronchconstriction. It is a short-acting sympathomimetic agent with bronchodilator activity. Bronchodilators are drugs that relax the muscles around the airways, helping the airways to open up, making it easier to breathe. Countries suspended for ADRV during the WOG: Japan: 1 Russia: 1 Slovenia: 1 Substances: Fenoterol: 1 Meldonium: 1 Acetalozamide: 1

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