At the 2018 Olympics, the first case of doping was discovered

Japanese short-track Kay Saito (right) during the 2018 Winter Olympics training, Gangneng, South Korea, February 6, 2018. Saito became the first athlete Igor, who failed the doping test.

At the Beijing Winter Olympics in Pyongchang, a short-track (skate race) team of Japan Kay Saito failed a doping test.

It is reported Reuters citing a statement of the Japanese team.

Saito did not pass non-competitive doping test and was eliminated from Igor.

Saito is a standby athlete who has not yet taken part in the competition. Having passed the analysis for doping, he received a positive result, which showed a masking agent in the body of an athlete.

Masking agents are used to cover forbidden doping.

This is the first case of doping during the South Korean Olympic Games, Reuters points out.

The publication notes that it is negative for Japan, which is preparing for the summer Olympics in 2020.

Representatives of the Japanese team said that Saito was checked several times after arriving in the village of athletes on February 4.

The athlete himself said that he was "stunned by the detected" and denied that he was taking doping. "I was trained to fight doping. I never received steroids, and I did not need to mask something, "said Saito.

Earlier it was reported that the IOC replaced 4,000 containers for overseas doping tests.

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