A French fencer is off the doping hook after an arbitration court accepts that she unknowingly ingested a banned substance by kissing her partner at the time.

Ysaora Thibus, a fencer on the French Olympic team, has been cleared of accusations of doping after it was determined she tested positive for the banned substance because she had been kissing her boyfriend.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus’ four-year suspension for doping, ruling that her positive test for a banned substance was caused by kissing her then-boyfriend,