
The FIS Doping Panel has on 25th March 2008 issued its decision in the case of the athleteMarkus Hasler who represented the Cross-Country team of Liechtenstein and resided with the Austrian Cross-Country team during the XX Olympic Winter Games in Torino in February 2006.
Having considered the available evidence and testimony, the FIS Doping Panel decided to dismiss the charges raised against Markus Hasler since the Panel could not find any direct or circumstantial evidence to support the charges that Mr. Hasler was in possession of, or practiced a prohibited method, prior to or on the date of the search and seizure on February 18th, 2006 at the residence of the Austrian Cross-Country team in Torino.