This is one of the most unusual reasons an athlete failed a drug test.
Estonian swimmer Anita Stepanenko tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol in May, according to swimming’s governing body FINA.
In a later hearing, it was determined Stepanenko’s coach, Nikolai Borzov, “administered the prohibited substance in a drink to the athlete without notifying the swimmer about it.”
Stepanenko was given a one-year suspension by an Estonian anti-doping panel. Borzov was banned for life.
Dutchwoman Anna van der Breggen added the road race crown to her time trial victory at the world road cycling championships, becoming the second rider in history to win both events at the same edition.
“This is, for me, pretty good so far,” she said.
Van der Breggen, the Rio Olympic road race champion, won after a solo attack with more than 25 miles left of an 89-mile course in Imola, Italy, on Saturday.
She prevailed after more than four hours of racing by 80 seconds over countrywoman Annemiek van Vleuten, the 2019 champion. Van Vleuten raced nine days after breaking her left wrist in a Giro Rosa crash.
Italian Elisa Longo Borghini took bronze in the same time as van Vleuten after losing a photo-finish sprint. Lauren Stephens was the top American in 11th.
The race lacked American standout Chloé Dygert, who crashed out of the time trial while leading on Thursday and required leg surgery.
Van der Breggen joined Frenchwoman Jeannie Longo as the only male or female cyclists to sweep the time trial and road race at a single worlds. Longo did so in 1995 at age 36.
Van der Breggen, 30, said in May that she will retire after the 2021 Olympic season.
It will be the end of one of the great cycling careers. She is now a three-time world champion and nine-time world medalist to go along with her road race gold and time trial bronze in her Olympic debut in Rio.
Worlds conclude Sunday with the men’s road race. A TV and stream schedule is here.
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Follow @nbcolympictalkRafael Nadal and Serena Williams can each tie Grand Slam singles titles records at the French Open, with daily live coverage among NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel.
NBC coverage starts Sunday with first-round action at Roland Garros, its 38th straight year covering the event. Tennis Channel airs the majority of weekday coverage. Peacock, NBC Universal’s new streaming service, has middle weekend broadcasts.
All NBC TV coverage alo streams on NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app.
Nadal is the primary men’s storyline, favored to tie Roger Federer‘s male record of 20 major titles and extend his own record of 12 French Open crowns. Federer is absent after knee operations earlier this year.
The Spaniard’s primary competition is top-ranked Novak Djokovic, the 2016 French Open champion whose only defeat in 2020 was a U.S. Open default for hitting a ball that struck a linesperson in the throat.
Williams bids again to match the overall Grand Slam singles mark of 24 held by Australian Margaret Court. Williams, a three-time French Open champion, lost in the third and fourth round the last two years and is coming off a U.S. Open semifinal exit.
The women’s field is led by 2018 champion Simona Halep but lacks defending champion Ash Barty of Australia, not traveling due to the coronavirus pandemic. Also out: U.S. Open winner Naomi Osaka, citing a sore hamstring and tight turnaround from prevailing in New York two weeks ago.
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Follow @nbcolympictalkFrench Open TV Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Network | Round |
| Sunday, Sept. 27 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | First Round |
| 12-3 p.m. | NBC | ||
| Monday, Sept. 28 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | First Round |
| Tuesday, Sept. 29 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | First Round |
| Wednesday, Sept. 30 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Second Round |
| Thursday, Oct. 1 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Second Round |
| Friday, Oct. 2 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Third Round |
| Saturday, Oct. 3 | 5 a.m.-12 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Third Round |
| 11 a.m. | Peacock | ||
| Sunday, Oct. 4 | 5 a.m.-12 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Fourth Round |
| 11 a.m. | Peacock | ||
| Monday, Oct. 5 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Fourth Round |
| 11 a.m. | Peacock | ||
| Tuesday, Oct. 6 | 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Quarterfinals |
| Wednesday, Oct. 7 | 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday, Oct. 8 | 5 a.m.-2 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Women’s Semis |
| 11 a.m. | NBC, NBCSN | ||
| Friday, Oct. 9 | 5 a.m.-4 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Men’s Semis |
| 11 a.m. | NBC, NBCSN | ||
| Saturday, Oct. 10 | 9 a.m. | NBC | Women’s Final |
| Sunday, Oct. 11 | 9 a.m. | NBC | Men’s Final |
