The doping case of Ziga Jeglic, for a bronchodilator, is the third in Pyeongchang 2018
The Slovenian player Ziga Jeglic, in an image from February 17. JUNG YEON-JE AFP
Slovenian ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic has tested positive for fenoterol at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games and will leave the Olympic village in the next 24 hours, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) reported Tuesday. Jeglic, defender of the Slovenian national team, participated in all three matches of the preliminary round of the Games and gave an assist.
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After testing positive for doping by a bronchodilator in a postpartum control, the player has admitted the violation of the anti-doping rule. As a result of this, the athlete, 29, has been suspended from the competition and must leave the Olympic village in the next 24 hours, has indicated in a statement the TAS, which will continue with the sanctioning procedure that will resolve the Jeglic situation .
The legal body of the sport will study the case and "will offer its verdict before the end of the Games". This is the third case of doping recorded since the start of this year's Winter Games, after those of the Japanese short track skater Kei Saito and the Russian curling player, under the Olympic flag, Alexander Krushelnitsky .
