BERLIN: The Russian doping scandal took a new twist on Tuesday when paralympian sprinter Alexander Zverev was suspended for nine months after testing positive for a banned drug. The International Paralympic Committee said that Zverev had “returned an adverse analytical finding for cannabinoids in a urine sample provided on 20 June 2015 after he had competed at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin”. Zverev will be free to compete from May 6, 2016, but all his results from the day of the test and onwards will be disqualified including forfeiture of any medals, points, records and prizes. The Russian won silver in the T13 400m at 2012 London Olympics.