May 23, 2017 – According to The Associated Press, Norwegian star cross-country skier Therese Johaug has a court date set to take place on June 6, 2017 for her ongoing doping case. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hear the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) appeal to extend Johaug’s 13-month ban, which is currently set to end in November. If extended, Johaug may be unable to attend the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Johaug tested positive for the banned substance clostebol in an out-of-competition test, for which she was issued a 13-month suspension by the Adjudication Committee of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralymic Committee. The infraction, which was announced on October 13, 2016 was claimed by Johaug to be the result of an unintentional ingestion of the banned substance contained within a lip cream to treat a sunburn as supplied by the team doctor who has since resigned.

The FIS Doping Panel ruled in March of this year that the sanction imposed by the Norwegian Olympic and Paralymic Committee was “on the low end of the range of reasonable sanctions and fails to adequately reflect the fact that the athlete Therese Johaug failed to read the doping warning label printed in red on the package despite the fact that the medication was unknown to her and was purchased in a foreign country.”

A verdict from the CAS could be delivered within weeks of the June hearing.