GENEVA -- MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone had his ban for doping with an anabolic steroid extended to four years on Tuesday because he could not prove contaminated meat was to blame.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its three judges dismissed the Italian rider's appeal against an 18-month ban and upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's counter appeal requesting a four-year sanction.
The 31-year-old Iannone's ban originally imposed by the International Motorcycling Federation was extended to December 2023.
Iannone cited eating contaminated meat for his positive test for Drostanolone at the Malaysian Grand Prix in November 2019.