Defiant Efimova tired of answering doping questions

“On one occasion I made a mistake... I won in the courts and I don’t think I have to answer these questions anymore,” the Russian told a news conference alongside gold medallist Rie Kaneto of Japan, who beat her in the 200 metres final. With two past doping suspensions, Efimova, bronze medallist in the event in London 2012, was initially excluded from the Rio Games but succeeded in a last-minute appeal to sport’s highest tribunal to be allowed to compete. “They considered my appeal and I won. If someone likes it or dislikes it, if they have a different opinion then they just have to go in front of the Court of Arbitration,” she said. Comments by US swimmer Lilly King describing Efimova as a drug cheat set up a tense clash in Monday’s 100 breaststroke final, in which the American defeated the Russian.