A sprint canoeist facing a lifetime ban for spiking a younger rival's drink with an anabolic steroid apologized in a statement released Wednesday over the incident which has rocked Japanese sports in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Yasuhiro Suzuki said he was "truly sorry" for placing teammate Seiji Komatsu under "unwarranted suspicion" after causing him to fail a doping test at the Japanese sprint canoe championships last September."Instead of working hard, I committed misconduct as an athlete and, further, as a member of society," the 32-year-old said in the statement released by h…READ FULL ARTICLE
