# Olympic skier loses bronze medal due to OTC inhaler

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**Created:** [March 22, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-skier-loses-bronze-medal-due-to-otc-inhaler/99540 "2002-03-22T15:41:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-skier-loses-bronze-medal-due-to-otc-inhaler/99540/41 "2002-10-16T15:06:44Z")

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Apologies for bringing this one back from the grave, but the appeal decision came in today,

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other\_sports/2332827.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/2332827.stm)

In short, they cleared him of any wrongdoing, or of getting a performance boost:

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> in its judgement CAS said the Scottish skier was a “sincere and honest man who did not gain a competitive advantage despite the trace of lev-methamphetamine in his system.”

Bearing this in mind, and CAS advice to the IOC to “distinguish between the two isomers of methamphetamine and to introduce a threshold as it has done in the case of other stimulants such as caffeine.” it really does seem a shame that they won’t overturn the removal of his medal. At least it clears his reputation though.

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