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Mario Vuskovic: doping case, ban and appeal

Serving ban CAS imposed four years from 15 November 2022 on 27 August 2024, so on that basis the ban runs to November 2026.

Violation

Presence of a prohibited substance: recombinant erythropoietin (rEPO, non specified), in an out of competition sample collected on 16 September 2022 at Hamburger SV's training ground¹

Results disqualified

Not stated in the CAS release

Appeals

• CAS, 27 August 2024: Increased (player's appeal dismissed, NADA and WADA appeals upheld)The panel found the violation proven to its comfortable satisfaction and said the player "did not submit any mitigating factors that could be taken into account", so the standard four years applied, backdated to the provisional suspension of 15 November 2022.¹

Sources

1. Court of Arbitration for Sport, Four year period of ineligibility imposed on Mario Vuskovic (CRO/Hamburger SV) further to a positive anti-doping control for rEPO, CAS media release 9550, 9586, 9607 (27 August 2024)