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Now for the rumours behind the news. Barely ten days after receiving a two-year suspension from the U.S. Swimming Federation, Jessica Foschi was allowed back in the water. Foschi tested positive for steroids at the U.S. Nationals last August and was put on probation until her federation voted to uphold FINA rules and suspend her. When FINA announced that Australian star Samantha Riley would receive no suspension at all for her positive test for a narcotic analgesic in December, U.S. Swimming saw fit to apply the same leniency and rescinded the ban on Foschi. In the same vein, Finnish swimmer Petteri Lehtinen had his two-year suspension lifted on February 14.