July 18, 2014 (Berlin, Germany) – Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, an Olympic biathlete and two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion, is now serving a two-year ban for failing a drug test at the Sochi 2014 Olympics reports BBC.

On Feb. 21 she testing positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine following tests after the women’s biathlon mass start race on Feb. 17, becoming the first doping case of the 2014 Olympics. Her two-year ban will expire on Feb. 17, 2016.

Germany's Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (#7) in the Mixed Relay at Sochi 2014. © Nancie Battaglia

Sachenbacher-Stehle, 33, won gold medals in the team sprint at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and 4x5K relay at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. She won silver medals in Salt Lake, Vancouver and at the 2006 Turin Games. The German star switched to biathlon from cross-country skiing in the 2012-13 season and did not win any medals at Sochi.

At the time, Sachenbacher-Stehle described the experience of testing positive as “a nightmare,” denied ever knowingly taking banned substances and suggested a nutritional supplement caused her positive test. But a recent statement by the International Biathlon Union said that the judgment was “not contested by the athlete.”

BBC here www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-sports/28338337