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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2009 file picture German speed skater Claudia Pechstein skates during her practice in Berlin, Germany. Five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein lost her appeal against a two-year ban for blood doping Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009 and will miss the Vancouver Games. According to Pechstein's management group, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, dismissed the German's appeal against a ban imposed by the International Skating Union. The ban runs until February 2011. The 37-year-old Pechstein will miss the Vancouver Olympics in February, where she had hoped to win a gold medal for the fifth straight games. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer,file)

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Olympic speedska... FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2009 file picture German speed skater Claudia Pechstein skates during her practice in Berlin, Germany. Five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein lost her appeal against a two-year ban for blood doping Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009 and will miss the Vancouver Games. According to Pechstein's management group, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, dismissed the German's appeal against a ban imposed by the International Skating Union. The ban runs until February 2011. The 37-year-old Pechstein will miss the Vancouver Olympics in February, where she had hoped to win a gold medal for the fifth straight games. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer,file)
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