Tag: biathlon

  • IOC sanctions German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher

    Sochi, Feb 22, 2014: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle of Germany has been excluded from the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Sachenbacher-Stehle, 33, tested positive on 17 February for methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine). The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Nawal El Moutawakel and…

  • Olympians elect Bjørndalen and Wickenheiser

    Sochi, Feb 20, 2014: Ole Einar Bjørndalen from Norway (biathlon) and Hayley Wickenheiser from Canada (ice hockey) have been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by their peers at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games for a term of approximately eight years. A new Olympic record was set by the…