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.
But the 32-year-old from Winnipeg told CBC Sports she plans to appeal the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, arguing she was unknowingly exposed to it through bodily contact.
In a statement to CBC Sports, the World Curling Federation would only acknowledged that an athlete in their testing pool had tested positive and been suspended, but would not name the person.
Harris, the lead for Team Einarson, was deemed ineligible at last month’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts, just hours
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