Identities of Vietnamese athletes' doping use at 31st SEA Games announced

VOV.VN - The Southeast Asian Sports Council has officially announced the identities of 10 athletes who were caught doping at SEA Games 31, including five Vietnamese players.

The five local athletes who recorded the positive doping tests at SEA Games 31 are Quach Thi Lan, Khuat Phuong Anh, Vu Ngoc Ha, Hoang Thi Ngoc, and Le Ngoc Phuc.

Each athlete won at least one medal at the tournament. Most notably, Quach Thi Lan won two gold medals and a bronze medal, Khuat Phuong Anh won a gold medal and a silver medal, Vu Ngoc Ha won a gold medal and a silver medal, Hoang Thi Ngoc won a gold medal, whilst Le Ngoc Phuc won two silver medals.

The titles of the athletes at SEA Games 31 will be revoked and given to the second runner-up in accordance with the regulations. In addition, they will also receive punishments from the World Athletics Federation.

As a result of these punishments the achievements recorded by the Vietnamese sporting delegation at SEA Games 31 will be reduced to 203 gold medals from the previous figure of 205.

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