LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Claudia Pechstein, who has won nine speed skating Olympic medals for Germany, will miss the 2010 Winter Olympics because of a doping ban.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a two-year suspension levied on Pechstein followed accusations she participated in blood doping during the World Speedskating Championships last February. The ban by the International Skating Union will run through February 2011, meaning Pechstein will be ineligible for the Feb. 12-28 Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.