The Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler positive at doping, is the first case at the Games

MILAN (ITALPRESS) – First case of doping in the blue expedition to the Winter Games of Milan-Cortina. The biathlete Rebecca Passler was positive at the letrozole in a control carried out outside the competitions. For the 24-year-old Bruneck carbine, farewell to his first Olympiad.

“The National Antidoping Tribunal, in the reception of the application proposed by the National Antidoping Prosecutor, has ensured to suspend the athlete in a cautious manner”, a note is read. Two substances were found in the biathlete sample, the Letrozole metabolite bis and the methanol. The control was arranged by Nado Italia.

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