Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/27
By: Lung Po-an and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, March 27 (CNA) Two time Olympic gold medalist weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching (許淑
Two time Olympic gold medalist weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching (許淑淨) / CNA file photo
淨) of Taiwan has been banned for three years from international competition since January 2018 after she tested positive for a prohibited substance in late 2017, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC) confirmed Wednesday, saying it had not made the decision public until now out of respect for the athlete’s privacy.
Hsu, 27, has failed doping tests carried out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which has requested that she return the silver medal she won at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California in December 2017, according to the CTOC.
It said Hsu has already returned the medal and has resigned from her post as a coach at the National Sports Training Center in Kaohsiung, in keeping with the WADA’s requests.
The WADA has also asked the CTOC to publish a list of all the Taiwanese athletes who are currently banned from international competition due to failed drug tests, the committee said, adding that it received a letter to that effect on March 6.
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