A young Mongolian weightlifter has been sanctioned after testing positive for testosterone, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced. U.Chagnaadorj, aged 19, competed in the 56kg category at the Rio-Olympics but did not finish. He participated in the competition in place of a Russian weightlifter who had been eliminated by the International Olympic Committee. U.Chagnaadorj and other three athletes have been banned for different periods of time. He becomes the seventh athlete to test positive for doping during the Olympics in Brazil.
U.Chagnaadorj failed to lift 103 kg in his third attempt at the Rio Olympics on 8th of August. He was listed fourth at the 2016 Asian Championship.