Agron Kuka, Judo team leader for the Kosovan Olympic team, confirmed to the Guardian that Kelmendi had refused the drugs test but insisted she was clean. The Kosovan gold medallist judoka, Majlinda Kelmendi, could face a ban on competition in France after refusing an unscheduled drugs test, the International Judo Federation (IJF) has confirmed. Kelmendi, 25, became the first Kosovan to win Olympic gold when she triumphed in the -52kg category in the Carioca arena on Sunday. The Kosovan team were in discussion with the IJF the whole time because they are not going to go and give the blood or the urine to somebody who is not responsible. After taking gold in the Rio dojo on Sunday, she said: “People, especially kids, in Kosovo look to me as a hero.

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2016 20:03 UTC