Fencing: tested positive, Ysaora Thibus “denies with the greatest firmness” having doped. The foil fencer, among the favorites for gold at the Paris Olympics, is temporarily suspended after an abnormal analysis result.
“After this first touch, I begin an assault which aims to prove my innocence today to allow me to shoot tomorrow in what will be the most beautiful tournament of my career,” she explains. The 2022 world champion first admits her “stunnedness’ to learn such news “169 days before the Olympic Games in Paris.