Polish Olympic champ weightlifter fails dope test after brother

WARSAW - Polish 2012 Olympic champion weightlifter Adrian Zielinski has been banned from Rio Games after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone just three days after his brother Tomasz suffered the same fate, Poland's Anti-doping committee said Friday.

Poland's Adrian Zielinski celebrates after winning the men's 85kg weightlifting category at the London 2012 Olympic Games

The drug was detected as the 27-year-old was gearing up for Saturday's 94kg competition in Rio, in which Tomasz, 25, was also registered before the doping scandal broke.

Adrian, a gold medal winner in the 85kg category at the London Olympics, and European champion Tomasz, have denied any wrongdoing.