The Latest: China: swimmer Chen Xinyi tests positive at Rio

The Latest: China: swimmer Chen Xinyi tests positive at Rio

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:08 p.m. ET

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

3:35 a.m.

Chinese officials say a female Chinese swimmer has tested positive for a banned substance at the Rio Olympics - the first competitor in the sport to fail a test at the games.

The Chinese Swimming Association says 18-year-old Chen Xinyi has tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide after she finished fourth in the women's 100-meter butterfly Sunday, missing a bronze medal by nine-hundredths of a second. Xinhua, China's official state news agency, reported the story Friday.

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Chen was also scheduled to compete Friday in the 50 meter freestyle.

Chen has applied to the International Olympic Committee to have her B sample tested and to get a hearing on the matter, Xinhua said, citing the swimming association, which promised in a statement to ''take this matter seriously.''

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