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Snow Skiing – 2 Olympic ski champs retire after testing positive

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Olympic cross country ski champions Julia Chepalova and Yevgeny Dementiev retired Tuesday, a day after it was announced they tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO.

Russian Ski Federation president Vladimir Loginov said their decisions to retire “do not absolve them of responsibility and “both will be disqualified.”

A third Russian skier, Nina Rysina, also tested positive for EPO during a competition in France on Jan. 27. She asked for her backup sample to be tested.

“Unfortunately, this doping ‘infection’ has spread too deep …  Details

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