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On the eve of the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014 shock revelations by the IOC on the results of some samples taken during the races of the 2006 Turin retested dall'antidoping.
Thursday 6 February 2014 2 minutes reading time
The representative of the International Olympic Committee Emmanuelle Moro, said the agency Ves' Sport test results, which revealed at least four positive samples, for which at the time was simply told that "belong to a representative, or representatives , of the same nation, and are all related to the same sport. "
The first rumors indicate that it would be of Estonian Andrus Veerpalu, who won the gold medal in the 15km classic technique, and Kristina Smigun, winner of both the 10km classic technique, which chase 7.5 +7.5 km.
Kristian Port, head of the Estonian Anti-Doping Committee has commented on the news: "We are not in possession of any official information. We were told that we have to send the request to the FIS and the IOC Anti-Doping Agency. In any case, contact both institutions, because we want to clarify the situation with the representatives themselves. According to the unofficial versions, we knew that the IOC will announce the official results of the samples retested at the end of the Olympics in Sochi ".
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