Quick reprise of Ross Rebagliati who tested positive for marijuana after winning a snowboarding gold at the Nagano Oympics. He kept his medal. Apparently, the committee was swayed by Rebagliati's insistence that he had not smoked pot "since last April", and had only tested positive because he had breathed second-hand smoke at his Olympic going away party.
Kyodo via Japan Today: Japanese snowboarder tests positive for marijuana
A Japanese snowboarder, who is apparently one of the country's hopefuls for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, has been suspended from competition for 10 months after testing positive for marijuana, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday. The International Ski Federation (FIS) gave the suspension to the unnamed 19-year-old athlete for violating doping rules at a World Cup meet held in Switzerland last October. The athlete has denied using marijuana and a source with the Ski Association of Japan suggested it was possible the boarder ingested smoke from other people while riding a gondola.
