Tandara, ahead of the semifinals of Korean women’s volleyball, ‘returns’ for doping violations… Brazil under emergency doping test

[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = The red light is lit in Brazil, which will play Korean women’s volleyball.

The ‘World No. 2’ Brazil and the ‘World No. 11’ Korean women’s volleyball team will play the semifinals of the Olympic volleyball at 9 pm on the 6th. If they defeat Brazil, they will win a medal for the first time in 45 years since the bronze medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and secure at least a silver medal.

But ahead of the match, Brazil has an emergency. Attacker Tandara Kaiseta, 32, has been summoned to Brazil for doping.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee announced on the 6th that “Tandara Kaiseta was discovered during a doping test in early July. As a result, he has been summoned to Brazil.” This is why the match time between Korea and Brazil has been changed. An emergency doping test for the entire Brazilian team has been in progress since 11am. If there is one more player, Brazil will be disqualified.

Foreign media speculates that ‘2012 gold medalist Tandara Kaiseta was doping while taking antidepressant drugs’. However, the drug ingredient involved in the doping has not yet been identified. It is known that Tandara showed a reaction to a banned substance in a doping test conducted on July 7, before the Olympics.

Brazil’s main striker, Tandara Kaiseta, scored nine goals against Korea last month.

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