Athlete starts two-year ban for doping
Swiss taekwondo fighter Eduard Mirdita has been banned from competing for two years after testing positive for cocaine.
The suspension, effective from January 31, 2008, was announced on Thursday by the Swiss Olympic Association.
Traces of the drug were found in Mirdita after he won the silver medal in the 80kg-and-under category in the Swiss championships in November. He stopped competing at the end of last year.
Mirdita was fined a maximum of SFr310 ($282) and SFr300 costs. He and the International Taekwondo Foundation have three weeks to appeal the decision.
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