Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Olympics in the first serious doping case of the games.Marek tested positive after helping Poland to a sixth-place finish in the women's 20K relay on Feb. 25, the Polish Olympic Committee said Thursday.
Marek also was a member of the Polish team that finished ninth in the team sprint. She placed 11th in the 30K mass start, 39th in the 10K freestyle and 35th in the 15K pursuit.
If found guilty of doping by the International Olympic Committee, Marek and the relay teams would be disqualified and stripped of their Vancouver results. Marek would also be banned from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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