CHINA’S 20km walk world record-holder Liu Hong (below) has been stripped of her World Race Walking Team Championships title after testing positive for a banned substance, but a one-month suspension means she will be eligible to compete at the Rio Olympics.
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MARK SHEARMAN
The IAAF confirmed that Liu, the reigning world champion over the distance, tested positive for higenamine at the World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome on May 7 – a “specified” substance which enabled her to have a heavily reduced ban, which she served from June 13 to July 13.