page_title: Doping in figure skating
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: Doping in figure skating / Countries / France
caption_attribution_description: en:Kyoko Ina and en:John Zimmerman compete their long program at the 2001 Grand Prix Final in Kitchener, Ontario. Photo taken by me, Vesperholly 05:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
context_page_description: Doping in figure skating involves the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs, specifically those listed and monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Bans can be enforced on figure skaters by the International Skating Union and each country's individual skating federation. These bans can often be career ending due to the competitive nature of figure skating. A ban may be revoked if it can be proved that the skater tested positive for a prescribed medication. Some figure skaters will use PEDs to help with recovery time, allowing them to train harder and longer. Figure skating is an aesthetic sport that combines both athleticism and artistic licence, where weight-loss substances will have little effect on athletic performance but skaters may be perceived as more graceful and sleek, which is required for an athlete to be competitive.
context_section_description: Laurine Lecavelier is a single figure skater who tested positive in 2020 for cocaine at France's Master's de Patinage announced by the French Federation of Ice Sports. Thus, there is a risk of a four year suspension depending on whether it taken in or out of competition as if it was used for recreational purposes the penalty is less severe compared with the intention of performance enhancing.
  According to the ISU record Christine Chiniard is a French ice dancer who was stripped of her third place medal at the 1983 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, after failing a dope test for a weight-loss drug for prescribed medication. Thus dropping to fourth place at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
caption: Kyoko Ina (2001)
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