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Andrus Veerpalu gets 3-year doping ban

Updated: August 24, 2011, 7:26 AM ET
Associated Press

OBERHOFEN, Switzerland -- Two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia has been banned for three years for doping with human growth hormone.

The International Ski Federation says its doping panel ruled that the 40-year-old Veerpalu is ineligible to compete or take part in any official event until Feb. 23, 2014 -- the final day of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Veerpalu can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Veerpalu tested positive in Estonia ...

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