FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's Giant Slalom - Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria - December 19, 2018 Germany's Stefan Luitz celebrates REUTERS/Lisi Niesnerwe/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - German skier Stefan Luitz has been stripped of his World Cup giant slalom victory at Beaver Creek last month after using additional oxygen between races, the international skiing federation (FIS) said on Thursday.
Luitz stunned Austrian favourite Marcel Hirscher to win his maiden World Cup event but the FIS said the 26-year-old had used supplemental oxygen between the first and second runs, a violation of competition rules and not a doping offence.
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