Badminton player Foo Kune banned for 2 years in doping case

Four-time African badminton champion Kate Foo Kune was banned for two years on Wednesday in a doping case and will miss Tokyo Olympics.

Foo Kune was flag bearer for Mauritius at opening ceremony for 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected her claim that a bottle of water had been spiked with an anabolic steroid at 2019 African championships in Nigeria.

appeal was brought by Badminton World Federation, which challenged its own doping tribunal's ruling that 27-year-old Foo Kune was t at fault and imposed ban.

Foo Kune had claimed “she had been victim of deliberate spiking of her water by an ill-intentioned individual during event in question,” CAS said in a statement.

“ CAS panel found athlete’s assertion of intentional spiking … devoid of supporting evidence reby falling short of a cogent explanation as to how prohibited substance entered her body,” court said.

BWF accepted that while Foo Kone did t deliberately ingest steroid, she could t benefit from a “ fault or significant fault” ruling and should be banned.