Aivi Luik withdrew from selection for Paris 2024 because of a three-month suspension relating to a pain-killing injection she was given two years ago by her former club in Italy.
because of a three-month suspension imposed by Italy’s anti-doping body despite not having undergone a drug test, it has been revealed.
“They told me that the TUE, the paperwork had been denied, and that I couldn’t play for two months. And so of course, in my head, I’m freaking out,” Luik said on the podcast. Aivi Luik in action for BK Hacken in the UEFA Champions League in March this year - just before she learned of her doping ban.“They later kind of clarified that I couldn’t play because of the fact that there’s a washout period for this substance, which is 60 days, and that’s the two months suspension. So I later came to understand that what they had told me was the suspension was actually just them saying, ‘OK, this is the washout period. You can’t play now.
Nado Italia’s three-month suspension was handed down because they believed that there was a performance-enhancing risk in the injection Luik was given. She still has around two months of the ban to serve.
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