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The Mainichi
a day ago
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Skiing: Japan awarded 2019 worlds bronze as Austria stripped of medal
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has been promoted to team combined bronze medalist at the 2019 Nordic skiing world championships after Austria was stripped of the medal for doping, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said in a statement Tuesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport made its final ruling on a blood doping violation by Mario Seidl, a member of the Austrian team that won bronze on home soil at the championships in Seefeld. The Japanese team of brothers Akito and Yoshito Watabe, Hideaki Nagai and Go Yamamoto finished fourth in the event won by Norway. The court annulled Seidl's results between Oct. 6, 2016, and Feb. 18, 2017, as well as from Feb. 19, 2019, to April 1 the same year. That period included the 2019 championships. Seidl had argued that irregularities in his biological passport had been caused by an immune disorder.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Austria stripped of 2019 worlds bronze due to Seidl's doping case
Austria's Mario Seidl competes in the scoring jump during the men's Nordic combined World Cup individual event, large hill/10 km. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa Austria have been stripped of their team Nordic Combined bronze medal at the 2019 Nordic skiing world championships on home soil in Seefeld, skiing ruling body FIS said in a statement on Tuesday. The announcement was made after the FIS was notified that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) made a final decision on the case of Mario Seidl, who has been charged with blood doping violation and was part of the team who won bronze in Seefeld. Advertisement The CAS imposed the annulment of Seidl's results, titles and prize money obtained between October 6, 2016 and February 18, 2017, as well as from February 19 to April 1, 2019. That period included the world championships in Seefeld. The bronze medal was awarded to Japan, the FIS said. Seidl had previously said that he suffers from a rare immune disorder called hypogammaglobulinemia, a condition characterized by low levels antibodies in the blood. That's why his biological passport presented irregularities, he said.
