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Gold-medal-winning swimmer Conor Dwyer, handed a 20-month doping ban Friday, announced his retirement from competition.

The 30-year-old Illinois native admitted getting injections of testosterone pellets in his hip, a procedure that led to three failed drug tests in 2018.

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“He did correctly perceive some risk, asked for expert advice on that risk and obtained it — wrong though that advice was,” the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wrote in announcing his suspension. “(Dwyer) placed trust in the report he was given that (the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee) had approved the treatment, without delving deeper. He was relying on his ‘team’ of experts.”

Dwyer said in a statement released by his lawyer, “I am very pleased that the Arbitration Panel has acknowledged that I made a honest but unfortunate mistake in regards to my medical treatment, and I would never knowingly violate anti-doping rules.

“My doctor assured me that the recommended treatment was allowable and that the United States Olympic Committee had approved the treatment before I agreed to it. Absent of these assurances, I never would have agreed to this medically necessary treatment.”

The 20-month ban was issued retroactive to Dec. 21, 2018, meaning he would have been ineligible to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Dwyer teamed with Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Michael Phelps to win the 4×200-meter freestyle gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, and he combined with Townley Haas, Lochte and Phelps to repeat as gold medalists in the event in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Dwyer also earned a solo bronze medal in the 200-meter freestyle in 2016, behind China’s Sun Yang and South Africa’s Chad le Clos.

He posted Friday on Instagram, in part, “Today i’m announcing my retirement from professional swimming. It has been an incredible ride and I have accomplished more than my wildest dreams. It was an honor to represent my country alongside my teammates. …

“This is an unfortunate end to an incredible chapter of my life. I believe that things happen for a reason, and I can’t wait to share with you all the next chapter of my life.”