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In a period in which & egrave; Russia & egrave; the center of attention because of doping, the world cross-country is shaken by a sensational news does not concern the former Soviet country. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has in fact received a complaint by WADA and condemned for doping Martin Johnsrud Sundby.
Wednesday 20 July 2016 4 minutes reading time
The news & egrave; was made public this morning by the Norwegian Federation at a press conference announced that Sundby received two-month ban since last July 11 for violating WADA rules for the & rsquo; excessive use of Ventolin, a medicine against the & rsquo; asthma. The fact was two separate occasions, the first in Davos in December 2014 and the second during the 2015 Tour de Ski.
The consequences of such violations are devastating: the ruler of the last three seasons we see deleted successes both in the Tour de Ski & ndash; that would be assigned to Petter Northug & ndash; that in the overall standings of the World Cup & ndash; that would pass to Dario Cologna & ndash; of 2015, as well as the cash prizes totaling more & ugrave; 1 million euro.
The 31 year old has not held back the tears during the press conference: & ldquo; The situation & egrave; unreasonable, I can not accept this verdict. I have not done anything wrong, l & rsquo; only thing I ask right now & egrave; read the sentence and figure out if and where I went wrong & rdquo ;.
Even the president of the Federation Norwegian Erik R ø ste defends its athlete: & ldquo; Martin had to be acquitted, we'll definitely ahead with proceedings. I have no doubt that it is clean: Norway & egrave; at the forefront in supporting the anti-doping campaign & rdquo ;.
L & rsquo; failure may be the doctor Knut Gabrielsen, who comments cos & igrave ;: & ldquo; Martin took over two-thirds of Salbutamol limit allowed, the result concerns offers the ability & agrave; of the container and not the dose s & eacute ;. Has no fault, it's me that I misunderstood the rules & rdquo ;. The doctor of the Norwegian national team has also added that there & egrave; no improvement in performance after the & rsquo; use of this drug.
The case seems tutt & rsquo; nothing but closed and a final picture of the situation potr & agrave; have only between several weeks.
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