Thai badminton player first doping case at Asian Games: testers
The International Testing Agency said the 19-year-old tested positive for furosemide and can challenge the suspension at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- On Monday, the International Testing Agency provisionally suspended 19-year-old Thai badminton player Pitchamon Opatniputh after she tested positive for the banned substance furosemide at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
- Testing officials collected the sample during out-of-competition testing on September 17. Furosemide is a banned substance competitors can use to excrete water for rapid weight loss.
- Ranked 18th globally, the rising star was scheduled to face China on Tuesday in the team event. The suspension prevents her from competing, training, or coaching during the Asian Games.
- Pitchamon can challenge the provisional suspension at the Court of Arbitration for Sport . The agency added, "The athlete also has the right to request the analysis of the B-sample."
- This marks the first known doping case at the 2026 Asian Games. The 19-year-old previously reached the semi-finals of the Thailand Open and finals at the Indonesia Masters and Orleans Masters this season.
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The world's 19th and 18th-year-old Thai badist Pitchamon Opatniputh is the first case of doping at the Asian Games 2026. Controlled positive to furosemide, it was temporarily suspended this Monday.
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The 19-year-old returned a positive sample for the banned substance furosemide and has been provisionally suspended, the International Testing Agency said. The teenager, who is ranked 18th in the world and regarded as a rising star back home, had been due to face China on Tuesday in the team event. The first full day of badminton action at Asia's biggest sporting spectacular was on Sunday. "The athlete is prevented from competing, training, coac…
19-year-old Pitchamon Opatniputh has tested positive for doping and has been kicked out of the Asian Games
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