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An FIM press release issued May 8 announced that Noriyuki Haga, Wataru Yoshikawa, Makoto Tamada, Karl Muggeridge, Paolo Casoli and Stephane Chambon were tested April 21 during the World Superbike and World Supersport weekend at Sugo, Japan, as part of the FIM “anti-doping controls”.

According to the release, “All the samples tested showed the absence of any banned substances.”