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Clara Hughes reveals failed drug test in 1994, more in book

Canadian Clara Hughes, the only athlete to win multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics, revealed in her memoir that she failed a drug test in 1994 and served a three-month ban.

“I do know that I didn’t cheat,” Hughes said on CBC (video here). “And I can look anyone in the eye, and I can look myself in the eye and know that is my truth.

“This could have been a secret to my grave, but I just felt that I couldn’t not [reveal it], and people are going to judge me over this.