U.S. Swimmer Tests Positive

A U.S. swimmer has tested positive for banned drugs, creating a delicate situation for American swimming officials preparing to lead the fight for stringent international anti-drug programs.

Reports said the swimmer was a 15-year-old freestyler from Long Island, who was found with muscle-building steroids in her system and would face a two-year suspension or probation. She would be one of the youngest U.S. athletes to test positive for drugs.

Officials confirmed the swimmer, whom they would not identify, had failed a drug test at the U.S. Swimming National Championships in Pasadena, Calif., last August.

It is the first drug case involving an American swimmer in almost eight years.