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The Olympic vice-champion of mountain biking, the Swiss Mathias Flückiger, is provisionally suspended after a positive test for an anabolic, announced the Swiss Federation of cycling and the Swiss anti-doping agency. ” Thursday afternoon (August 18), Swiss Cycling has been informed by Swiss Sport Integrity that mountain bike specialist Mathias Flückiger has tested positive for a banned anabolic substance, zeranol. The test was carried out on June 5 during the Swiss Cross-Country Championships in Leysin “Said the Swiss Federation in a press release. A three-time silver medalist at the Worlds (2019, 2020, 2021), Flückiger was one of the favorites for the world title in a week at Les Gets in France.