text: Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli stripped of championship for doping
  
  September 12, 2007 
  
  Yesterday Tunisian star swimmer Oussama Mellouli was stripped by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, of his world championship and another world championships silver medal from the 2007 World Aquatics Championship, which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in March. 
  He was also suspended for 18 months retroactive to 30 November 2006 – all for testing positive for amphetamine, after using the drug Adderall, which aids concentration levels, and which is widely used by college students when cramming for exams. 
  A few weeks after the conclusion of the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne in late March 2007, reports began to surface that Mellouli had tested positive for a banned substance at the US Open in November 2006. These reports surfaced because FINA, the international governing body of the sport, had discovered that Tunisian authorities had known about the positive test and only given him a warning. The rules state that when an athlete tests positive for a banned substance, he or she must be given a 2 year ban from the sport. Therefore, FINA had taken the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Finally, after months of speculation, yesterday Oussama Mellouli lost his case before that Court.
tokens: Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli stripped of championship for doping September 12 , 2007 Yesterday Tunisian star swimmer Oussama Mellouli was stripped by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne , Switzerland , of his world championship and another world championships silver medal from the 2007 World Aquatics Championship , which was held in Melbourne , Australia , in March . He was also suspended for 18 months retroactive to 30 November 2006 – all for testing positive for amphetamine , after using the drug Adderall , which aids concentration levels , and which is widely used by college students when cramming for exams . A few weeks after the conclusion of the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne in late March 2007 , reports began to surface that Mellouli had tested positive for a banned substance at the US Open in November 2006 . These reports surfaced because FINA , the international governing body of the sport , had discovered that Tunisian authorities had known about the positive test and only given him a warning . The rules state that when an athlete tests positive for a banned substance , he or she must be given a 2 year ban from the sport . Therefore , FINA had taken the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport . Finally , after months of speculation , yesterday Oussama Mellouli lost his case before that Court .
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