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LONDON - Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina was on Sunday provisionally banned from the 2012 Olympics for a positive drugs test, the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday.

Galiulina provided a urine sample on July 25th that tested
positive for the prohibited substance furosemide – a diuretic
that can be used as a masking agent or for weight loss.

The Uzbek is the second athlete in two days to have failed a
drug test.