Undisclosed Country Summoned After Commonwealth Games Needle Ban Breached

Undisclosed Country Summoned After Commonwealth Games Needle Ban Breached
Media tour the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Village on March 18, 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. Chris Hyde/Getty Images for GOLDOC
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GOLD COAST, Australia—An undisclosed competing nation has been summoned to explain the presence of discarded needles in the Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village in contravention of a ban, organizers said on Monday.

The needles, which are banned without specific medical exemptions as part of the fight against doping, were discovered in a plastic bottle over the weekend.