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Shinano Mainichi

Canadian snowboarder Rebagliati ejected for marijuana

Snowboarding Olympic gold medalist Ross Rebagliati of Canada has been ejected from the Nagano Winter Games after testing positive for marijuana, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Wednesday.

IOC Director General Francois Carrard told reporters the decision was being appealed by the Canadian Olympic Association.

Rebagliati won the men's giant slalom event last Sunday at the Shiga Kogen ski area in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture.

It is the sixth positive doping case reported by the IOC at an Olympic Winter Games. The last positive case involved an ice hockey player who was found to have used testosterone at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.

Rebagliati won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for snowboarding, which is making its winter games' debut as an official medal sport in Nagano.

(Kyodo News)

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