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Rebecca Passler Overturns Doping Suspension, Returns to Biathlon

2/16/2026

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Rebecca Passler won an appeal overturning her doping suspension and returned to the Italian biathlon team.
The suspension followed a positive test for letrozole, which Passler says resulted from contamination from her mother's medication.
Passler resumed training at the Antholz-Anterselva Biathlon Arena as she prepares for the women's relay on Wednesday.
Klaus Hoellrigl weighs her relay inclusion as the decision remains provisional pending Nado Italia.

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Rebecca Passler won an appeal overturning her doping suspension and returned to the Italian biathlon team.
The suspension followed a positive test for letrozole, which Passler says resulted from contamination from her mother's medication.
Passler resumed training at the Antholz-Anterselva Biathlon Arena as she prepares for the women's relay on Wednesday.
Klaus Hoellrigl weighs her relay inclusion as the decision remains provisional pending Nado Italia.