Olympics-CAS tells Passler it has no jurisdiction over doping suspension appeal


FILE PHOTO: Biathlon - Biathlon World Championship - Oberhof, Germany - February 10, 2023 Italy's Rebecca Passler in action during the women's 7.5km sprint competition REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo

MILAN, Feb ⁠11 (Reuters) - Italian biathlete Rebecca ⁠Passler will have to ‌appeal her provisional doping suspension with Italy's anti-doping body (NADO) as ​the Court of ⁠Arbitration for Sport ⁠has no jurisdiction over hercase, ⁠CAS ‌said on Wednesday.

Passler, who tested ⁠positive for banned substances and ​became ‌the first athlete suspended for ⁠doping ​since teams started to arrive for the Milano ⁠Cortina Winter Olympics, blames ​contamination for the adverse finding.

CAS said her appeal could ⁠not be heard and she must take it to NADO's AppealBoard by ​Thursday if she ⁠wants to try to ​have her ban ‌lifted duringthe Olympics.

(Reporting ​by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Alison Williams)

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