CAS ruling sees Bobby Lea in US Olympic track team after doping ban is reduced

USA Cycling has been forced to name Bobby Lea to their Rio Olympics track team by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, following an appeal by Lea

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USA Cycling has named Bobby Lea on its Olympic Long Team for the Rio Olympics after the 32-year-old successfully appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), seeing his 16-month ban reduced to six months.

Lea had been issued a 16-month suspension after testing positive for a metabolite of oxycodone at the US national track championships in August last year.

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