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Inspectors from international
athletics governing body IAAF on Wednesday failed in a bid to
conduct a surprise doping test on Italian race walker Elisa
Rigaudo while she was at the residence of President Sergio
Mattarella for a ceremony, ANSA sources said.
The inspectors were refused entry to the presidential
Quirinal Palace, where Rigaudo was attending the ceremony for
the hand-over of flags to the Italian standard-bearers at the
Rio Olympics.
As a result blood and urine tests on Rigaudo, who won
bronze in the 20km walk at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, were
postponed until she went to an event at the Casa delle Armi
facility at the Foro Italico sports complex later on Wednesday,
the sources said.
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