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Marta Bastianelli To Face Coni On August 5

Marta Bastianelli To Face Coni On August 5

ROME, July 30, 2008 (AFP) - World champion cyclist Marta Bastianelli is to face an Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) hearing on August 5 after failing a dope test this month.

The 21-year-old has been kicked off the Italian Olympic team but protested her innocence, claiming she had inadvertently consumed the banned stimulant flenfluramina.

Bastianelli blamed her chemist for preparing her a mix of herbs aimed at weight loss but containing the stimulant.

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