Rio 2016 Olympics: Lizzie Armitstead wins anti-doping rule appeal over missed test

2nd August 2016

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World road cycling champion Lizzie Armitstead has won an appeal against an anti-doping rule violation that could have forced her to miss the Olympics.
The Briton faced a possible two-year suspension for missing three drugs tests in a 12-month period, but one of them has now been declared void.

"I have always been and will always be a clean athlete and have been vocal in my anti-doping stance," she said.
Armitstead, 27, won Team GB's first medal, a silver, at London 2012.

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