Doping: the companion of the fencer Ysaora Thibus at the origin of contamination “by bodily fluids”?

The fight continues for Ysaora Thibus. Two weeks after being notified of her positive doping test for ostarine, the French foilist thinks she has found the origin of the contamination. It was his companion, Race Imboden, who passed on the banned product to him. “He took a product that contained ostarine and which contaminated Ysaora. The transmission which allowed this contamination took place through bodily fluids,” Joëlle Monlouis, lawyer for Thibus, explained to L’Equipe Maître.

Race Imboden is a foil fencer who retired last year, double bronze medalist at the Olympic Games with the United States. He is part of his partner’s technical support. “Our goal, which has always been the same from the start, is to prove that Ysaora never took this product. Our difficulty is the time allotted,” explains Maître Joëlle Monlouis. Since February 8, the date of her suspension, Ysaora Thibus has maintained her innocence and maintains the hope of participating in the Paris Olympics this summer. If it can prove contamination, the suspension could be lifted.