BEIJING - CHINESE women's 100m champion Wang Jing has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and faces a life ban from China's athletics federation.

The 21-year-old will be stripped of the 100m title she won at the National Games last Thursday, Games spokesman Sun Yuanfu said yesterday.

Her urine sample showed elevated levels of testosterone, Sun said, without giving details.

The athlete, from the south-eastern province of Fujian, was expelled from the Games and barred from the 200m final.

She was a 200m finalist at the 2006 World Junior Championships.

The usual suspension in such circumstances is two years from competition.

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