Brazil volleyball player Jacqueline Carvalho was banned on Friday for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee for failing test.

 

Carvalho is tested positive for the banned stimulant sibutramine, but she can return to play immediately for having already served the sanction, CONI said in a statement.

 

Anti-doping prosecutors had asked that Carvalho be banned for nine months following her failed test at a Serie A1 playoff match in June.

 

She had played for Monteschiavo Banca Marche Jesi and therefore came under Italian jurisdiction.

 

Carvalho now plays for Spanish team Murcia. She was dropped from Brazil's squad for the Pan American Games on July 12.

 

(Xinhua News Agency October 20, 2007)