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Steve Larkin

Australian runner Bol fails drugs test

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Peter Bol has failed an out-of-competition drugs test. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australian Olympic middle-distance runner Peter Bol has tested positive to a performance enhancing drug.

Bol, the national 800m record holder, failed an out-of-competition drugs test before Christmas.

The 28-year-old has tested positive to the banned drug erythropoietin, known as EPO.

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