Kayaker banned for spiking drink

A Japanese kayaker has been banned from competition for eight years for spiking the drink of a rival so that he would fail a doping test. Yasuhiro Suzu

ki drugged his key rival at last year’s national championships in September. Suzuki spiked the drink of rival Seiji Ko

matsu with an anabolic steroid causing him to fail a doping test, the Japan AntiDoping Agency said Tuesday. The Japan Canoe Federation began investigating after Komatsu tested positive but denied ever taking drugs. After Komatsu tested positive, Suzuki admitted putting a muscle-building supplement containing the banned steroid methandienone in his drink.