US EditionKissing Contamination Defense Clears French Olympic Fencer Thibus in Doping Appeal Case
- On Monday, Ysaora Thibus was cleared by CAS after judges accepted her kissing contamination over nine days.
- Thibus tested positive for ostarine in February 2024, prompting doping proceedings that she successfully challenged with a contamination defense.
- CAS dismissed WADA's appeal, resulting in Thibus avoiding a four-year ban.
- The CAS verdict mirrors the 2009 'cocaine kiss' case, setting a precedent for contamination defenses in doping disputes.
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Top French fencer Ysaora Thibuse has been cleared of doping charges after judges agreed that banned substances could have entered her system when she kissed her American partner.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that French fencer Ysaora Thibus became infected by kissing her partner, who was taking a supplement containing ostarine.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has acquitted French fencer Ysaora Thibus of doping and cancelled her four-year ban.
French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus escapes doping ban with kissing defense
The Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus of doping charges after judges determined the contamination in her system came from kissing her former partner.
French Fencer Successfully Uses 'Kissing Defense' To Avoid Lengthy Doping Ban
Fencer Ysaora Thibus Many athletes who’ve failed a test for performance-enhancing drugs have trotted out some pretty dubious excuses to explain that development. That includes Ysaora Thibus, a French fencer who was apparently telling the truth after blaming kissing for a doping violation that threatened to derail her career. It’s been close to a century since the International Amateur Athletic Federation (now known as “World Athletics”) became t…
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