Third doping case unearthed in Sochi
Ukrainian skier fails drugs test in Winter Olympics.
Skier Marina Lisogor had tested positive. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
SOCHI:
The Olympic Games in Sochi were hit by a third doping case Saturday after a Ukrainian skier failed a drugs test, as German prosecutors searched the home of a double Olympic gold medal-winning biathlete.
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee revealed that cross country skier Marina Lisogor had tested positive, after German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Italian bobsledder William Frullani also failed tests.
Sachenbacher-Stehle was expelled from the Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned stimulant during the Games, sending shock waves through German sport.
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee said Lisogor, 30, told a disciplinary hearing that she had unwittingly consumed the banned substance in a medicine.
“The decision about the future fate of the athlete will be taken in line with IOC rules,” the Ukraine Olympic Committee said.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 23rd, 2014.
The Olympic Games in Sochi were hit by a third doping case Saturday after a Ukrainian skier failed a drugs test, as German prosecutors searched the home of a double Olympic gold medal-winning biathlete.
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee revealed that cross country skier Marina Lisogor had tested positive, after German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Italian bobsledder William Frullani also failed tests.
Sachenbacher-Stehle was expelled from the Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned stimulant during the Games, sending shock waves through German sport.
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee said Lisogor, 30, told a disciplinary hearing that she had unwittingly consumed the banned substance in a medicine.
“The decision about the future fate of the athlete will be taken in line with IOC rules,” the Ukraine Olympic Committee said.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 23rd, 2014.