The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) banned Thiago Braz, a Brazilian pole vaulter who won gold at the 2016 Olympics, for 16 months for doping, the organization announced Tuesday. Braz is expected to miss the 2024 Paris Games. The 30-year-old set the men’s Olympic record in pole vault at 6.03 meters when he won gold at the 2016 games in his home country. The AIU said a majority of a panel reviewing the case determined Braz was not at significant fault or negligence. His positive test occurred in July at the Bauhaus Galen Diamond League meeting in Stockholm ahead of the world championships.

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Persons: Thiago Braz, Braz, WADA, “, Braz —, —, Andrej Isakovic Organizations: Integrity Unit, Games, Doping Agency, Sport, Bauhaus Galen Diamond League, Getty Locations: Brazilian, Brazil, Stockholm, AFP