During the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he tested positive for use of the banned plasma expander Hemohes together with five fellow Finnish cross-country skiers.
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The latest case came two years after a scandal that shook this winter-sports loving nation, when six top Finnish skiers tested positive for HES, a banned plasma expander.
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The news rekindled memories of the doping scandal that shook the winter-sports loving country in 2001, when six Finnish skiers tested positive for HES, a banned plasma expander.
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In February 2001, four male and two female skiers tested positive for HES, a banned plasma expander, at the World Nordic Ski Championships in Lahti, in southern Finland.
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After its worst doping scandal, when six Finnish skiers tested positive for HES, a banned plasma expander, at the 2001 World Championships, the Finns sought ways to crack down.
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After its worst doping scandal when six Finnish skiers tested positive for HES, a banned plasma expander, at the 2001 World Championships, the Finns sought ways to crack down.
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Because it can take up to 45 minutes to type and match blood for a transfusion, doctors usually buy time by diluting the patient's blood with a plasma expander.
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Preliminary findings released Thursday by a government-appointed working group came after six skiers tested positive for performance-enhancing HES, a banned plasma expander, at the World Nordic Ski Championships in February.
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The news came only months after six Finnish cross-country skiers failed dope tests for performance-enhancing HES, a banned plasma expander, at the World Nordic Skiing Championships in Lahti, southern Finland.
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The substance the six skiers tested positive for last year was HES, a banned plasma expander taken extravenously to improve performance or hide the use of other banned performance-enhancing drugs.
