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Jeglic kicked out of Games for failed drugs test
Slovenia’s Ziga Jeglic

SLOVENIAN ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic, who became the third athlete caught doping at the Pyeongchang Olympics, said today that he tested positive for an asthma drug he took under doctor's orders.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Jeglic tested positive for fenoterol in an in-competition test. Fenoterol is a drug designed to open the airways to the lungs.

"I take the mentioned drug due to asthma under medical advice," Jeglic said in a statement, adding he was tested on Friday. "It has been prescribed to me after testing for respiratory problems in Slovakia in 2017. Unfortunately I have forgot to declare it as [a therapeutic use] exception."

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