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LONDON, July 12: Argentine Mariano Puerta's record eight-year ban following a positive dope test has been reduced to two years on appeal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Wednesday.
The start of the ban is backdated to June 5, 2005, the date of the French Open final which Puerta lost to Spain's Rafael Nadal.
A urine sample was taken on that day which later tested positive for the banned stimulant etilefrine.—Reuters
