Speed skating: Doping: Chinese speed skater Shi banned for two years

A good month before the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang (9. till 25. February) the Chinese speed skater Shi Xiaoxuan has been banned for two years due to doping. This was announced by the country’s speed skating federation on the homepage of the Ministry of Sport.

The 21-year-old, 2016 Junior World Champion over 500 m, was on 14. Clenbuterol was tested positive for Clenbuterol in December. Shi is said to have inadvertently ingested the substance with his food “There are loopholes in our campaign against doping. We will take more measures and assume responsibility,”said the Chinese Ice Speed Skating Association.

On the 12th. In December, the Chinese speed skater Li Yanzhe had already been banned for four years for a doping offence.