"OlympicsItalian biathlete Rebecca Passler has become one of the first athletes connected to the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to test positive for a banned substance, marking an early doping case as the Games get underway. Passler tested positive on Monday, February 2, for Letrozole, a drug commonly prescribed to postmenopausal women with breast cancer that works by blocking estrogen production. In competitive sports, Letrozole is classified as a prohibited substance due to its use in masking the side effects of testosterone enhancement."
"The Italian anti-doping agency (NADO) provisionally suspended Passler following the positive test, and the Italian Olympic Committee subsequently barred her from the Olympic team. the On the grandest stage in sport-where milliseconds separate medals-athletes have long sought every possible advantage. Doping scandals are hardly new to the Olympics or elite competition more broadly. In sprinting, only nine of 30 fastest 100m sprint times ever run, were achieved by someone who has never tested positive-Usain Bolt."
Rebecca Passler, an Italian biathlete connected to Milano-Cortina 2026, tested positive for Letrozole on February 2 and faces provisional suspension by the Italian NADO. Letrozole is an aromatase inhibitor prescribed for postmenopausal breast cancer that blocks estrogen production and is prohibited because it can mask estrogenic effects of testosterone enhancement. NADO provisionally suspended Passler and the Italian Olympic Committee removed her from the Olympic team. Passler is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming contamination and lack of intent and negligence. Milano-Cortina already faced equipment and other controversies, and the case marks an early high-profile doping episode as the Games begin.
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