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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.
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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.
