Track and field: Slovenia's Javornik gets 2-year ban for EPO doping
Associated Press
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Slovenian distance runner Helena Javornik has been banned for two years by sport's highest court after testing positive for EPO.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal by the IAAF, which protested after the Slovenian national federation refused to sanction Javornick.
The 42-year-old Javornik tested positive for EPO after running a half-marathon in Vienna in March 2008.
She denied doping and was supported by her national federation, which said the sample result was below the level set by the World Anti-Doping Agency. It also questioned procedures at the testing laboratory in Vienna.
The IAAF provisionally suspended Javornik last June. Her two-year ban runs through June 2010.
