China 100 metre champion tests positive
Published:Monday | October 26, 2009 | 1:06 PM
China’s 100 metres champion Wang Jing has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and faces a life ban from the Chinese athletics federation.
The 21-year-old Wang will be stripped of the 100 metres title she won at the National Games last Thursday.
National Games spokesman Sun Yuanfu said Wang\'s urine sample showed elevated levels of testosterone.
The athlete from the Southeastern province of Fujian will be expelled from the games and barred from the 200 metres final for which she had also qualified.
The usual suspension in such circumstances is 2 years from the competition.
The Chinese Athletics Administration Centre vice Director, Shen Chunde said Wang could be banned from the sport for life.