MONTREAL: Canadian canoe world champion Laurence Vincent-Lapointe says she will not abandon her Olympic dream as she faces provisional suspension in the wake of a failed drugs test.

In an emotional press conference in Montreal on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), the 11-time world champion in canoe sprint said she had “no idea” how the muscle builder Ligandrol got into her system.

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