Doha dope test may cost Brazil team three golds
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The Brazilian short-course relay team may lose three gold medals after swimmer Joao Gomes failed a dope test from the December 2014 world championships, Brazilian TV reported on Tuesday.
The urine test taken at the Doha world championships directly after a race, where breast-stroker Gomes helped win the 200m medley, 400m medley and the 200m mixed medley relay titles, reportedly revealed a masking agent.
The Brazilian swimming authority (CBDA) said they hoped to prove the presence of the masking agent was due to accidental contamination, Globo TV reported.
Gomes helped the team qualify for the finals but didn't take part in any of the actual finals himself. However, the team could be stripped of the medals concerned and the culprit could be subject to a four years ban.
