WADA to appeal to CAS over contaminated meat case

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German and Spanish news media have reported on Wednesday that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is planning to appeal against a decision to clear 22-year-old German table tennis player Dimitrij Ovtcharov over a positive for clenbuterol caused by contaminated meat.

Citing un-named sources in the German Table Tennis Federation (DTTB) and within WADA itself, the reports state that WADA is not satisfied with the verdict and will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). WADA itself has made no official comment on the case.

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