Taiwanese weightlifter banned for 8 years for doping

Taiwanese weightlifter Lin Tzu-chi (林子琦), a former world record holder and Asian Games gold medalist, has been banned from competition for eight years and stripped of all medals, prizes and titles earned since 2016 for a doping offence, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced Thursday.

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