Rio 2016: Ireland boxer fails drug test

Irish boxer Michael O’Reilly has been suspended provisionally after failing a dope test carried out before he arrived at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) said in a statement that one of their boxers had tested positive, without giving a name, but Irish media identified him as 23-year-old middleweight O’Reilly.

Boxing sources in Rio confirmed that was the case.

IABA said it had been notified by Sport Ireland “of an alleged violation of the Irish Anti-doping Rules committed by one of the boxers in our High Performance Unit.

“The athlete has been informed and is provisionally suspended. He can request to have a ‘B’ sample tested but cannot participate in competition,” it said.