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Italian Olympian blames Nutella for positive doping test, wins appeal to compete
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The athlete explains that she was contaminated by eating with the same spoon that her mother, a cancer patient, had used for her medication. The suspicious substance, letrozole, is used to mask other doping substances in the controls.
Italian Biathlete Returns to Winter Olympics After Blaming Doping Positive on Nutella
Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler rejoined her team at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games on Monday after she successfully appealed a suspension for alleged doping violation after she tested positive for the banned substance Letrozole. The post Italian Biathlete Returns to Winter Olympics After Blaming Doping Positive on Nutella appeared first on Breitbart.
The athlete was cautiously suspended for a positive in letrozole during a check-up, but an appellate cymité has lifted her sanction after demonstrating involuntarily the intake of the prohibited substance. Read
With her intermittent doping suspension, Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler caused a shock at the Winter Olympics. Now the 24-year-old took part in the official training for the first time.
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