Italian biathlete Pasler tested positive for doping before the Olympic Games

The doping test of Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler showed a positive result for the presence of letrozole before the start of the home Winter Olympic Games, La Repubblica reported on February 2.

It is clarified that Passler took the test out of competition. The 24-year-old athlete was a member of the Italian national team at the upcoming international competitions.

As the newspaper adds, letrozole does not improve the results of athletes, but it can be taken to reduce high estrogen levels while taking anabolic steroids. The case of the Italian woman is still the first among the doping scandals in the run-up to the Games.

Passler is the 2022 World junior champion in the relay race. Her best result at the World Cup this season was 11th place in the sprint and mass start, she added.Газета.Ru ".

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The Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 6 to 22 in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

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