The teenager had been due to compete in the first round of the under 60 kilograms lightweight division on Friday (June 19) but has been withdrawn after registering a urine sample containing diuretic Furosemide, a banned substance under the World Anti-Doping Agency’s List of Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods.

“Mr Zeneli, a boxer from Albania, provided a urine sample on 13 June 2015 in association with his participation in the 2015 European Games held in Baku, as part of the EOC’s out-of-competition testing programme,” a European Olympic Committees (EOC) statement read.

“That sample was sent to the WADA-accredited laboratory in Seibersdorf, Austria, for analysis.

“The sample was found to contain a Furosemide, which is a Prohibited Substance under section S5 (DIURETICS AND MASKING AGENTS) of the 2015 WADA List of Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods, and is therefore also prohibited under the EOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Baku 2015 European Games.”

Furosemide was also the cause of the only postive drugs at the at the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games, with the failure there registered by an unnamed taekwondo player.

Another case involving a teenager testing positive for diuretics occurred at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in which Nigeria's 16-year-old weightlifter Chika Amalaha was stripped of the under 53 kilograms gold medal she initially won.

"Further anti-doping procedures will be conducted by the competent international organisations,” the EOC added tonight, before reiterating how the inaugural Games has “intelligent and robust” anti-doping procedures.

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