Pozzato set to miss Games after doping charge

Posted on 11 months ago

LONDON (Agencies): Top Italian cyclist Filippo Pozzato is set to miss the London Olympics after being charged by the country's anti-doping prosecutor over links to a doctor banned for drug offences.
The Italian Olympic Committee said in a statement on Thursday that its prosecutor had charged the 30-year-old former Italian champion and had asked a tribunal to impose a one-year ban.
Under the rules of the Italian Olympic Committee, any athlete charged with a doping offence cannot compete in a forthcoming Games unless cleared beforehand. The tribunal is unlikely to make its decision before the London Games start on July 27.
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