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Indian swimmer Sharma gets 2-year ban for steroids
Surya Prasad Sharma of India has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
Lausanne, Switzerland:
Surya Prasad Sharma of India has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
FINA said Sharma had traces of stanozolol in a sample given at a competition in Trivadrum, India.
India's national anti-doping agency imposed a two-year ban which expires in November 2013.
Sharma's case is among a series of doping suspensions involving steroids handed down in recent months to Indian athletes across several Olympic sports.
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