Overview

• The decision upholds the International Fencing Federation tribunal’s earlier ruling and permanently ends WADA’s challenge.
• Judges accepted that Race Imboden’s ostarine use from January 5, 2024, led to cumulative transfer through repeated intimate contact.
• Expert testimony established that trace amounts of ostarine in saliva can contaminate an intimate partner without deliberate ingestion.
• CAS ruled that Thibus bore no fault or negligence under strict liability anti-doping rules when the substance entered her system.
• The ruling secures her eligibility and preserves her results from the 2024 Paris Games, where she placed fifth in team foil and 28th individually.