Curler Harris will appeal suspension after missing Scotties due to doping violation

Briane Harris's absence from Canada's national women's curling championship has officially been explained.

"We respect the integrity of the testing process and accept the results of the test, as well as Briane’s right to appeal the findings." Curling Canada CEO Nolan Thiessen said in a video conference on Tuesday that at this point in the process the sport's national governing body is a bystander and will abide by any legal ruling on the issue.

"As best as can be determined at this time, Ms. Harris was unknowingly exposed to the banned substance through bodily contact," said Harris's lawyer Amanda Fowler in a statement."In the circumstances, Ms. Harris is therefore keen to clear her name and will seek to expedite any process of mechanism to facilitate such vindication."

Curling Canada has both a medical doctor and a health and doping control consultant on staff. Athletes taking medications for medical reasons can apply for an exemption. Canadian officials said the element came from a dose of Benadryl that Laumann took as an antihistamine. She and her teammates were stripped of their quadruple sculls gold medal, but Laumann was allowed to keep her gold in single sculls.

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