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Opening days of Paris Olympics haven't been all gold and smiles

By Austen Bundy | Last updated Jul 28, 2024 4:13 PM ET

The action at the 33rd Olympiad continued Sunday but unfortunately some athletes and staff in Paris are going home early.

Most prominently Team Canada's women's soccer head coach (Bev Priestman) along with two staffers were handed hefty punishments by FIFA and dismissed from the Games for their participation in a drone spying scandal.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) dismissed Nigerian female boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore on Saturday after she tested positive for a banned substance. The International Testing Agency reported she had a masking agent in her system but Ogunsemilore has said she will appeal the decision.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) reports that a sample collected from Nigerian boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for the diuretic & masking agent furosemide.

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— International Testing Agency (@IntTestAgency) July 27, 2024

Iraqi male judoka Sajjad Sehen was suspended Friday by the IOC for also failing a doping test. Sehen allegedly had anabolic steroids in his system which help build muscle and increase body mass.

Japan's team captain in women's gymnastics, Shoko Miyata, was dismissed by the team for underage smoking. Miyata, 19, is just a few months away from clearing the legal age to smoke in Japan which is 20 years old.

Despite the dismissal and opting not to replace Miyata in the program, Team Japan still won its subdivision and qualified for the team all-around final.