Mongolian wrestler Orkhon Purevdorj (Source: internet) Hanoi (VNA) – The Olympic Councilof Asia (OCA) has cancelled the result of Mongolian wrestler Orkhon Purevdorjin the women’s 62kg category of the freshly-concluded Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD)in Indonesia due to testing positive to doping.
As a result, the Mongolian sport delegation lostone gold and dropped to the 17th ranking, giving Vietnam a leap to the 16thposition.
The OCA said the doping test of the Mongolianathlete on August 20 was positive to anabolic androgenic steroids – a substancebanned in athletic competition according to the standards of the WorldAnti-Doping Agency (WADA).
This means Mongolia lost one gold in thewrestling competition and had only four golds, nine silvers, and 11 bronzes.
Vietnam finished the games with four gold, 16silver, and 18 bronze medals. This is thesecond highest ranking in the history of Vietnam at ASIAD.
In 2002, the country won four gold, seven silver,and seven bronze medals at ASIAD in the Republic of Korea, ranking 15th overallin the medal tally. –VNA
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