US swimmer Ryan Lochte is disqualified for 14 months by the US anti-doping agency USADA. Six-time Olympic champion shared in social networks photo, which he injected intravenously some drug.

USADA launched an investigation showing that Lochte was injected into the vein with the approved drug. At the same time the swimmer broke one of the rules of the agency, according to which it is impossible to make intravenous injections in a dose of more than 100 ml in 12 hours. This is possible only in the case when doctors make out a therapeutic exception for the athlete, but Lochte did not have it.

Olympic champion admitted his guilt, his disqualification is counted from May 24 this year - the day when Lochte received a prohibited injection. As a result, the titled athlete will not compete at the World Swimming Championships in South Korea, which will be held from 12 to 28 July 2019. Earlier, in 2016, the swimmer received a 10-month disqualification for an emergency during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Then Lokhte and 3 of his teammates declared that they had been robbed. Later it turned out that the Americans got drunk and smashed the gas station, and then lied about the robbery.