Swimmer banned for breaching doping rule

SHANGHAI, CHINA – JULY 27: Kseniya Moskvina of Russia splashes herself with water before her Women’s 50m Backstroke Semi Final during Day Twelve of the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center on July 27, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

Moscow, Dec 14 – A former Olympic swimmer has been banned for a year for an unspecified breach of doping rules, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency said.

Kseniya Moskvina, 23, is a former national backstroke champion who competed in two events at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and last year’s world championships, but did not win a medal at either event.

She narrowly failed to qualify for London 2012.

“The All-Russian Swimming Federation, on the basis of and implementing a decision from RUSADA, has taken the decision to ban the athlete Kseniya Moskvina for a period of one year, starting November 26, for a breach of anti-doping rules,” RUSADA said in a website statement Thursday.