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Russian who wore 'I Don't Do Doping' shirt accused of doping at Olympics

She proudly displayed the shirt in an old YouTube video.
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 21: Nadezhda Sergeeva and Anastasia Kocherzhova of Olympic Athlete from Russia react in the finish area during the Women's Bobsleigh heats on day twelve of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Sliding Centre on February 21, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

A second Olympic Athlete from Russia has been accused of doping after failing a drug test in PyeongChang.

The first one was a curler. The second is a bobsledder who once wore a shirt that read "I Don't Do Doping, I Am Za Sport" in a YouTube video that has since been deleted by the user.

The Associated Press reported that Nadezhda Sergeeva tested positive for trimetazidine. It's a heart medication that was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency because of its effect on the metabolism.

Russian Bobsled Federation President Alexander Zubkov told the AP that Sergeeva's initial test in PyeongChang on the 13th was clean, but another test on the 18th tested positive for the banned drug. Sergeeva denies taking the medication.

Sergeeva was proudly wearing the anti-doping shirt in a promotional video.

Her bobsled team finished 12th in the women's bobsled event on Wednesday after giving the positive sample.

Athletes from Russia in PyeongChang are competing under the Olympic flag after Russia allegedly ran a state-sponsored doping program that was uncovered. Athletes who were clean had to prove they did not have a history of doping before being allowed to compete in the Winter Games.

The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation is denying comment until the Court of Arbitration for Sport issues a ruling on the case the Anti-Doping Division has filed, according to the AP.

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