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4 unusual facts about Biological passport


Biological passport

Franco Pellizotti received a two-year sanction as a result of abnormalities detected in his biological passport.

Tadej Valjavec received a two-year sanction as a result of abnormalities detected in his biological passport.

Francesco De Bonis received a two-year sanction as a result of abnormalities detected in his biological passport.

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke

Tiernan-Locke withdrew from the road world championships on 29 September 2013 because of a potential discrepancy in his biological passport data.


Court of Arbitration for Sport

In November 2009 CAS decided its first case on athlete biological passports, when it upheld the two-year suspension of skater Claudia Pechstein.


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