The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday upheld the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to hand life bans to Austrian nordic skiers Johannes Eder, Jurgen Pinter and Martin Tauber for their involvement in the 2006 Olympic Games doping scandal.
A fourth Austrian skier, Roland Diethard, 34, had his life suspension - handed out in April by the IOC - reduced to a ban from Olympic competition until after the 2010 edition in Vancouver, Canada.
The CAS panel found the four skiers guilty of "possession of prohibited methods" - material for blood transfusion - and of "complicity to violate anti-doping rules". Eder was also found guilty of "using a prohibited method".
While Diethard, who appeared before a seperate CAS panel, had his sanction reduced after the court decided he had not played a major role in the affair.
Source: China Daily
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