{"id":36933,"date":"2025-07-07T17:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/olympic-fencer-ysaora-thibus-cleared-of-doping-as-authorities-accept-she-was-contaminated-by-kissing-partner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:13:51","slug":"olympic-fencer-ysaora-thibus-cleared-of-doping-as-authorities-accept-she-was-contaminated-by-kissing-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/olympic-fencer-ysaora-thibus-cleared-of-doping-as-authorities-accept-she-was-contaminated-by-kissing-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus cleared of doping as authorities accept she was contaminated by kissing partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><em>Lausanne, Switzerland<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 French Olympic fencer<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Ysaora Thibus was cleared of a doping allegation Monday because the judges accepted she was contaminated by kissing her American partner over a period of nine days.<\/p>\n<p> The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling echoed a verdict clearing another French athlete with a similar defense in a doping allegation \u2014 tennis player Richard Gasquet in the celebrated &#8220;cocaine kiss&#8221; case in 2009.<\/p>\n<p> CAS said in the Thibus case its judging panel dismissed an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which asked for her to be banned for four years.<\/p>\n<p> Thibus tested positive for the anabolic substance ostarine in January 2024. She was later cleared by an International Fencing Federation tribunal weeks before the Paris Olympics, which let her compete there.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/07\/b0c0a438-264e-42d1-b544-a06b6cb0a853\/thumbnail\/620x433g2\/29c1471e1cc72e69ed17eb824a671544\/ysaora-thibus-2164308955.jpg#\" alt=\"FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING \" height=\"433\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/07\/b0c0a438-264e-42d1-b544-a06b6cb0a853\/thumbnail\/620x433g2\/29c1471e1cc72e69ed17eb824a671544\/ysaora-thibus-2164308955.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/07\/b0c0a438-264e-42d1-b544-a06b6cb0a853\/thumbnail\/1240x866g2\/9b8879448888aecf01be2891d0ad6d4a\/ysaora-thibus-2164308955.jpg 2x\" 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contaminate a person through kissing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The CAS judges &#8220;accepted that Ms. Thibus&#8217; then-partner was taking ostarine from Jan. 5, 2024, and that there was contamination over nine days with a cumulative effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Her partner at the time was Race Imboden, a two-time Olympic fencing bronze medalist for the United States.<\/p>\n<p> Thibus, a silver medalist for France in women&#8217;s team foil at the Tokyo Olympics, placed fifth at that event in Paris and 28th in the women&#8217;s individual foil.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News 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