Paulo Miyao fails drug test, gets two-year suspension
Paulo Miyao. Carlos Arthur Jr.
After months of rumors, the suspicion of drug use by Paulo Miyao has proven true. A world champion in 2016, the Cicero Costha representative was tested following the Worlds by the USADA.
Almost a year later, the result has now reached the public, with information revealed by Miyao himself on social media. In the messages he apologizes, states that he was caught, and says he is now suspended for two years.
Miyao is likely going to lose his 2016 light featherweight title. Runner-up Ary Farias (Atos JJ) would then become champion belatedly.
The USADA has not yet made an official statement about the case, so we don’t know all the details. Other BJJ athletes who failed tests by the agency in the past include Gabi Garcia, Braulio Estima, Felipe Preguiça and Léo Nogueira.
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