SYDNEY (AP) — Two-time Olympic water polo representative James Stanton has been banned for two years for testing positive for a banned substance.
The 27-year-old Australian goalkeeper tested positive for the anabolic agent clenbuterol in an out-of-competition test last September.
The backdated suspension means Stanton cannot compete until October next year, ruling him out of next month's world championships and the 2012 London Olympics.
Stanton originally referred the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but has since withdrawn the appeal.
"On the advice of my legal team, and with great disappointment, I announce that I have accepted a sanction," Stanton said in a statement.
Clenbuterol is the same substance which three-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador and five Mexico football players have tested positive for, but blamed on contaminated meat.
In other doping announcements Wednesday, six Australian rules football players tested positive for recreational drugs last year under the Australian Football League's illicit drugs testing policy.
The prohibited substances included cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis.
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