women's 100m Breaststroke world record holder tests positive drugs
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Samantha Riley, the women's 100m breaststroke world record holder, has tested positive for a banned drug. The 23-year-old Australian tested positive for dextropropoxyphen at the world short course championships in Rio de Janeiro in December. Fina, the sport's world governing body, is investigating. A positive test for dextropropoxyphen carries a ban of up to two years,
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