Alexander Zubkov celebrates the gold medal run in the four-man bobsleigh in Sochi but Russia was later stripped of the medal and Zubkov banned AFP/DIMITAR DILKOFFLAUNSANNE: The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Russian bobsleigh driver Alexander Zubkov's bid to overturn a two-year ban for his involvement in the 2014 Sochi doping scandal, imposed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation .
The decision comes as Russia prepares to face CAS starting on Monday to challenge a four-year ban from major competitions for its repeated doping, notably the Sochi Winter Olympics, imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency . WADA had also appealed in the hope of obtaining"an increased sanction based on aggravating circumstances", from two to four years.Silver medallist at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and bronze medallist in Vancouver four years later, Zubkov was Russia's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympics and went on to win the two bobsleigh events: two-man and four-man.
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