BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong has failed a doping test at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced here on Friday.

    The gymnast ranked 59th with 52.100 points in individual all-around in women's qualification on Aug. 10.

    According to the Games' Info System, Do Thi Ngan Thuong, born on March 10, 1989, was the first gymnast from Vietnam to compete at the Olympic Games. She was invited to take part in the Beijing Olympics by the Tripartite Commission.

    At the age of seven, she left her family in order to further her gymnastics career and train in China.

    "I felt sad and I missed home," she was quoted as saying in the Info System's short athlete biography, which added that she "passed the time by concentrating on her training."

    The gymnast's best personal record was a 110th ranking in individual all-around at the 2007 Stuttgart World Championships.