The former Olympic medalist tested positive on Tuesday April 9.
Medalist in Rio during the 2016 Summer Olympics, 110m hurdles specialist Dimitri Bascou tested positive for a steroid-type substance this Tuesday April 9 according to information from the Parisian. France Info speaks of contamination via a food supplement. European champion also in the same year as his Olympic medal, the Frenchman had hung up his spikes to devote himself to bodybuilding after his failure to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
He had, to everyone’s surprise, decided to resume his career in athletics in 2022 to aim for the Paris Olympic Games next July. “After a certain age, performance becomes difficult, but not impossible. There are other examples of athletes who succeed after 35” he explained at the time for La 1ère.
For the moment, he had not managed to obtain the minimum requirements to participate in the Olympics, but had still taken third place in the elite French Championships in the 60m hurdles in 7″65 last winter.