Pole out of Olympics for doping

Polish weightlifting Olympic medal contender Tomasz Zielinski has been kicked out of the Rio Games for a positive doping test, his nation's Olympic Committee says.

The Polish Olympic Committee said an examination of the European champion's b-sample confirmed the original finding, with Zielinski testing positive for the steroid nandrolone at an out-of-competition test on July 31.

It is the first positive test within the Olympic testing period which started with the opening of the athletes village on July 24.

The International Olympic Committee said it plans 5,500 tests during the Games.

The 94-kilo category lifter Zielinski, 26, has a gold from the 2016 European championships and a silver from the same event in 2014.