Asian Games organisers have expelled Malaysia's wushu gold medal-winner Tai Cheau Xuen after she failed a drug test, becoming the tournament's third doping case.
Tai, 24, was tested after winning the Chinese martial art's women's nanquan and nandao all-round event on September 20, Malaysia's first gold medal of the Games.
She was found to have taken the stimulant sibutramine, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Asian Games involves 9500 athletes from across the region.
"The competitor has been disqualified from the competition as well as these Games, and as such her accreditation cancelled and her medal withdrawn," said the statement.
The official announcement of the failed test was delayed because Tai and the Malaysian Olympic Committee had asked for the B-sample to be examined, officials said.
A Tajik footballer, Khurshed Beknazarov, and a Cambodian soft tennis player have already been expelled for failing tests.
OCA medical committee chairman M. Jegathesan said that neither of the first two cases reported were probably intentional.
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