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Vanuatu Volleyballers hoping for Rio callup after Italian fails drugs test

RNZ reports Viktoria Orsi Toth is understood to have failed a drugs test and been sent home from Rio de Janiero.

Toth and playing partner Marta Menegatti finished eighth in the FIVB World Tour rankings earlier this year to qualify automatically for Rio, with Vanuatu's Linline Matauatu and Miller Pata finishing just outside the top 15 cutoff.

Vanuatu volleyballers featured in Olympic documentary

The Melanesian duo are currently 17th in the Olympic rankings and need to reach the top 15 by the end of June to qualify directly for Rio.

The documentary film, A Fighting Chance, is directed by the Oscar and Grammy-winner Morgan Neville and also features marathon runner Tsepo Mathibelle from Lesotho and boxer Yenebier Guillen Benitez from the Dominican Republic.