Ruling in doping case set to give biathlon star Fourcade a gold 15 years after Vancouver Olympics
A ruling by sport's highest court in a Russian doping case is set to give French biathlon star Martin Fourcade another gold medal almost 15 years after the Vancouver Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Almost 15 years after the Vancouver Olympics, a ruling by sport's highest court in a Russian doping case is set to give French biathlon star Martin Fourcade another gold medal.
The International Biathlon Union said Tuesday that the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed an appeal by Evgeny Ustyugov, who crossed the line first ahead of Fourcade in the 15-kilometer mass start event at the 2010 Winter Games.
The Russian biathlete had appealed against an October 2020 ruling by a CAS tribunal that he was guilty of blood doping detected in his biological passport.
The CAS appeal judges upheld the original verdict, which banned Ustyugov for four years and disqualified all his results from January 2010 through the end of the 2014 season. He also took a bronze medal with the Russian team in the men’s relay in Vancouver.
