World number one foil fencer Andrea Baldini has failed a doping test and will miss the Beijing Olympics.

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The 22-year-old had been one of Italy's top fencing medal hopes for Olympics and was tipped for the gold.

But he will be replaced in the Italian fencing squad by Andrea Cassara, says the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

(BBC)

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