Pharmacy blamed for Cielo’s positive doping test

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)—Sport’s highest court says a Brazilian pharmacy was responsible for Olympic champion swimmer Cesar Cielo’s positive doping test before the world championships.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a detailed verdict one week after clearing Cielo to compete in Shanghai.

Cielo won 50-meter butterfly gold Monday.

CAS says the pharmacy acknowledged preparing a heart disease medication containing furosemide, a diuretic banned in sport, on the same day it made Cielo’s prescribed caffeine capsules.

CAS says Cielo’s urine sample was not diluted, proving that the substance wasn’t used as a masking agent.

CAS says governing body FINA accepted Cielo didn’t take the drug to enhance his performance.