Olympics-Top French Fencer Thibus Suspended After Adverse Anti-doping Test – News18

PARIS:French fencer Ysaora Thibus, one of many favourites within the foil class for this 12 months’s Paris Olympics, has been provisionally suspended after an anti-doping check returned an “adverse analytical finding”, the French federation mentioned on Friday.

Thibus, 32, is the 2022 foil world champion. She took silver within the staff occasion on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

“The French Fencing Federation has just been informed by the International Testing Agency (ITA) acting on behalf of International Fencing Federation (FIA) that foil fencer Ysaora Thibus was tested on 14 January and found to have an adverse analytical finding,” the French federation mentioned in a press release.

“The FIE adds that, in accordance with article 7.4.1 of its anti-doping rules, Ysaora Thibus is provisionally suspended with immediate effect from 8 February 2024.”

The ITA mentioned Thibus’s pattern examined constructive for Ostarine, a selective androgene receptor modulator (SARM), unlawful for human consumption however discovered on black market, in accordance with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Some dietary supplements include Ostarine, which might enhance lean physique mass.

“In the event that the B-sample analysis is requested and confirms the result of the A-sample, the case will be considered as a confirmed anti-doping rule violation,” the ITA mentioned in a press release

“If the B-sample analysis is not requested, the case will also go ahead as a confirmed anti-doping rule violation. The athlete will have the opportunity to present her explanations for the result.”

Thibus denied any wrongdoing.

“Despite the difficulty of this ordeal, it is with unshakeable strength that I assure you of my integrity,” she wrote in a press release.

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