Kornelia Marek will likely be banned from Sochi 2014 Olympics.
The Polish Olympic Committee says a backup "B" sample confirms that Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Winter Games.
It was the first serious doping case at the games.
Committee spokesman Henryk Urbas says on the group's website that the backup test confirmed the first sample taken after Marek helped Poland to a sixth-place finish in the women's 20K relay on Feb. 25.
Marek also was a member of the Polish team that finished ninth in the team sprint. She placed 11th in the 30K mass start, 39th in the 10K freestyle and 35th in the 15K pursuit.
Marek and the relay teams are expected to be disqualified and stripped of their Vancouver results, and she will likely be banned from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Marek has denied taking banned substances.
- "I hope it will be negative," Marek said about the B sample last week after her first sample tested positive.
- "I have nothing to reproach myself for. I was never taking any banned substances."
