And a sixth Olympic medal for Martin Fourcade on the mass start of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Won on the sofa by the fireplace, no less. The CAS rejected the appeal of the fallen Olympic champion, Evgeny Ustyugov, who therefore saw all his results between 2010 and 2014 canceled, including the famous mass start.
The French biathlete then failed ten seconds behind his rival, who that day had been more skilful on the shooting range (zero faults compared to three for Fourcade). In turn, the Slovakian Pavol Hurajt recovers the silver medal from Martin Fourcade and the Austrian Christoph Sumann recovers the bronze.
Another possible recourse for the Russian under conditions
The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the “ anomalies identified in [le] biological passport” of the Russian, who can nevertheless still appeal to the Swiss Federal Court. “However, such appeals are only permitted on narrow procedural grounds,” says the biathlon integrity unit.
The Vancouver mass start Olympic title is retroactively the first in the career of Martin Fourcade, who will therefore have won at least one gold medal in each Olympics in which he has participated. One more accomplishment in the Frenchman’s extraordinary career.
