Chinese swimmer fails drug test at Rio Games

Chinese swimmer fails drug test at Rio Games |

Chen Xinyi tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide August 7, a banned substance that acts as a diuretic.

The case of Chen is to be examined by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the Chinese swimming Associated said it would respect the final decision, Xinhua said.

Chen Xinyi, 18, has already participated in the test of 100 meters butterfly, placing fourth in the final held on Monday, according to the official website of Web Rio Olympics.

She is then scheduled to compete in the 50 meters freestyle on Friday. .

Chen rose to fame in the National Games in 2013.

She won gold in the women's 100 butterfly at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, and broke the world youth record in the category at the world Championships in Kazan last year.

doping scandals of previous Chinese swimmers sparked controversy on day 1 of the Rio Games.

gold medalist Australian Mack Horton ignited the Chinese calling his rival Sun Yang drugs cheat. Sun served a doping suspension of three months in 2014, but it was only made public after the event.

After Sun beat by a mere 0.16 of a second to win the event in the 400m freestyle on Saturday Horton described his victory as "for the good guys."

The Australian has been bombarded with abuse on his social media accounts.

The Chinese state media also stacked with a scathing article in the Global Times, which describes Australia as a country "on the fringes of civilization." Head of the Mission of Australia Kitty Chiller said there would be no excuses for about Horton.

Sun won the 200m freestyle, the only gold medal for swimming so far on the medal China counts. At the end of Day 6, China won 11 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze.

zero tolerance

During the 1990s, many Chinese swimmers jumped into the world ranking

However, between 1990 and 1998, dozens of Chinese swimmers tested positive for doping. - steroids with growth hormones human -. which represents almost half of drug offenders in the sport worldwide

and in recent years, some former sports doctors of Chinese competitive teams told the Australian media sponsored doping State among Chinese athletes, reaffirming the suspicion of many critics.

However, the Chinese government has always denied the use of state-sponsored performance enhancing drugs, saying it takes a zero tolerance approach to doping.

at the Beijing Games in 2008, China leads the medal table and second four years came to London in 2012.

Steven Jiang CNN contributed to this report .