Canada's Briane Harris in action during the bronze medal match between Canada and Sweden of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP)
Four-time Canadian women's curling champion Briane Harris has been provisionally suspended for up to four years after testing positive for the banned substance Ligandrol.Briane Harris was told she couldn't play in last month's Scotties Tournament of Hearts just hours before she was scheduled to play. Four-time Canadian women's curling champion Briane Harris has been provisionally suspended for up to four years after testing positive for the banned substance Ligandrol.
Harris, the lead for Team Einarson, was deemed ineligible at last month's Scotties Tournament of Hearts, just hours before the opening game of the event in which she and her team were the defending champions. "All I can hope for myself at this time is that the truth will prevail," Harris said, but offered no other details on her claim.
Thiessen said Curling Canada provides its athletes with as much information as possible around doping.
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