The foilist Ysaora Thibus, suspended since February 8 after a positive test for ostarine, indicated Tuesday in a press release that she had “been exposed by contamination” to the product, generally used to increase muscle mass. Thibus, who could miss the Olympic Games this summer in Paris, denied “with the greatest firmness” having administered “the slightest doping substance”.
She chose to “renounce the analysis of the B sample” as part of an accelerated procedure, to have a chance of being present at the Olympics. When the analysis results and his suspension were announced, Thibus expressed “his total incomprehension, his immense surprise and his dismay” through the voice of the French Fencing Federation.
