Kaisa Varis

Kaisa Varis ( born September 21, 1975 in Ilomantsi ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier and biathlete. The bronze medal winner in the long run of the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001 caused by the second positive doping test a scandal at the following Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 and the disqualification of the Finnish relay. Varis changed after it is no longer included due to their doping offense by the Finnish Olympic Committee, in the summer of 2006 to biathlon. After a second doping offense in January 2008, she has been banned for life. This decision was reversed by the CAS on 13 March 2009.

Cross-country skiing

Varis ' debut in organized by the FIS Cross were two European Cup races in the season 1994 / 95th In the following two years, they were each once, at the Finnish home World Cup in Lahti, regularly in the World Cup they came from the end of season 1997/ 98 for use, you get in 2000 their only two individual World Cup victories, overall they stood at the World Cup individual race nine times on the podium.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 Varis succeeded her biggest success, the bronze medal in the 15 km individual race; they also won the Finnish season, these were the gold medals but revoked because it was who demonstrated at Virpi Kuitunen doping.

Doping scandal

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme abnormal blood values ​​were observed in Varis. While it has been demonstrated for the first individual race with a protective barrier, she took part in the relay race that could end the Finnish team in second place. Later it turned out that Varis EPO had abused; it has been banned for two years and the Finnish relay denied the silver medal, also the Finnish Ski Association lost 300,000 euros due withdrawn sponsorship because of the doping scandal.

Varis was after the expiration of the lock to qualify again for the Finnish World Cup squad, in January 2006, she succeeded in the relay a World Cup victory in Lago di Tesero, and was nominated by the Finnish Ski Association for the team for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, the Finnish NOK refused but to include them in the Olympic team because of their two doping offenses, so Varis moved in summer 2006 to biathlon.

Biathlon

Varis get first biathlon success in February 2007 at the European Cup in Nove Mesto; after a third place in the sprint race she could - but at only 14 starters - win the final persecution. My first World Cup race denied the Finn at the end of the 2006/07 season in the sprint race at home in Lahti, where she was the worst shooter of the entire field of participants with six shooting errors and was ranked 70 at the end of the race.

Regularly in the Biathlon World Cup started Varis since winter 2007 /08. In the second race of the season - the Women's Sprint on 30 November 2007 in Kontiolahti - she reached the fifth place for the first time the points. Due to a very inconsistent shooting they could be placed in the following competitions rare in the points. On January 11, 2008 in the sprint in Ruhpolding her but managed a World Cup victory, in the subsequent tracking it ranked eleventh.

The end of January was a taken at the World Cup in Oberhof 6 January 2008 blood sample Varis ' tested positive in the A and B sample for EPO abuse. On February 11, 2008, she was World Cup victory in January therefore canceled and the Russian Svetlana Slepzowa credited, the athlete has been banned by the IBU for life. On 1 March 2008, however, Varis appealed against the ban on lifetime and announced his intention to draw up before the International Court of Sport (CAS). On 13 March 2009, the Sport Court upheld due to a procedural error on appeal. The reasoning was that Varis the opportunity was not given to be present at the opening of the B sample.