And six! Four years after retiring from sport, biathlete Martin Fourcade should be awarded a sixth Olympic title. The Catalan will recover the gold medal in the mass start of the Vancouver Olympics (2010)initially won by the Russian Evgeny Ustyugov. The latter is definitively disqualified for doping, after the appeal decision – this Tuesday, November 26 – from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which confirms anomalies in his biological passport between 2010 and 2014.
This disqualification notably leads to the loss of his two Olympic medals acquired in Vancouver: gold in mass start and bronze won with the Russian men's relay. However, the former Russian biathlete maintains a last possibility of appeal before the Swiss federal court, but only for “limited procedural reasons”, specifies the federation.
If Ustyugov's sanction is definitively validated, Martin Fourcade would recover, several years after the fact, a sixth Olympic title. This new coronation would make him the most successful French athlete in the history of the Olympic Gamessurpassing judoka Teddy Riner, holder of five titles.
Now aged 36, Martin Fourcade, who retired from sports in 2020, is pursuing an engaged career in international bodies. A member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2022, he now aims to chair the organizing committee for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games, which are awarded to the French Alps.
