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  Violinist Mae paid defamation damages by FIS

  Pop violinist Vanessa Mae has been awarded damages by the International Ski Federation (FIS) after it wrongly accused her of manipulating race results in order to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Mae, initially handed a four-year ban by the sport's governing body, took her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which cleared her of fixing races. In a statement on Wednesday, FIS said it had settled a claim for defamation by British citizen Mae, who competed under her fat

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  Alpine skiing-Violinist Mae paid defamation damages by FIS

  Pop violinist Vanessa Mae has been awarded damages by the International Ski Federation (FIS) after it wrongly accused her of manipulating race results in order to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Mae, initially handed a four-year ban by the sport's governing body, took her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which cleared her of fixing races. In a statement on Wednesday, FIS said it had settled a claim for defamation by British citizen Mae, who competed under her fat

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  Alpine skiing-Violinist Mae has four-year ban annulled

  Pop violinist Vanessa Mae has overturned a four-year ban and been cleared of fixing Alpine skiing races but she was still ineligible to compete at the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday. CAS found there was "insufficient evidence" to back last year's suspension imposed by the International Ski Federation (FIS) for manipulating giant slalom races in Slovenia which allowed her to qualify for the Sochi Games at the last minute. "(The panel) could not f

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  Musician Vanessa Mae Overturns 4-Year Skiing Ban in Court

  Sport’s top court overturned a four-year ban on British violinist Vanessa Mae, who was accused of cheating in races to qualify for skiing competitions at the 2014 Olympics in Russia. Mae, who skied as Vanessa Vanakorn for Thailand, appealed a ban from skiing’s governing body, FIS, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Swiss-based court said today said it didn’t find enough evidence that she violated the governing body’s anti-corruption rules, but said she shouldn’t have competed in Sochi,

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  Alpine skiing-Violinist Mae denies fiddling results

  LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Pop violinist Vanessa Mae is appealing a four-year ban imposed for fixing giant slalom races which allowed her to qualify for the Sochi Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday. British citizen Mae, who has sold several million albums of her self-described "violin techno-acoustic fusion" music, skied for Thailand at the Games under her father's surname of Vanakorn. She was given the ban in November when FIS listed a series of irregularities at four

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  Violinist Vanessa Mae Gets Skiing Ban After Olympic Qualifying

  British violinist Vanessa Mae was banned from skiing competitions for four years after an investigation found she qualified to represent Thailand at this year’s Winter Olympics in fixed races. Mae, who skied as Vanessa Vanakorn, needed points to qualify for the February games in Sochi, Russia, where she finished last in 67th place. Today, a hearing panel of skiing’s international governing body banned her for manipulating the races to gain points. Races were organized in the Krvavec ski area in

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  UPDATE 1-Alpine skiing-Violinist Mae gets four-year ban over manipulation

  (Adds details) BERNE, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Pop violinist Vanessa Mae has been banned by the International Ski Federation (FIS) for four years over the manipulation of giant slalom races which allowed her to qualify for the Sochi Olympic Games at the last minute. An FIS panel also banned five officials, including the race chief, starter and FIS technical delegate, for between one and two years over the four giant slalom races at Krvavec, Slovenia in January which were organised at the request of Ma

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  Alpine skiing-Violinist Mae gets four-year ban over manipulation

  BERNE, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Pop violinist Vanessa Mae has been banned by the International Ski Federation (FIS) for four years over the manipulation of giant slalom races which allowed her to qualify for the Sochi Olympic Games. An FIS panel also banned five officials for between one and two years over the four giant slalom races which took place at Krvavec in Slovenia in January and were organised at the request of Mae's manager. ...

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  4 suspended for rigging Vanessa-Mae results

  LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Four Slovenian ski officials were suspended Friday for allegedly rigging the results of pop violinist Vanessa-Mae to help her qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Competing in Sochi for Thailand as Vanessa Vanakorn,

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  Slovenia probes Mae's Olympic qualifying races

  By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Four Slovenian officials have been suspended for 'irregularities' in Alpine ski races used by pop violinist Vanessa Mae to qualify for the Sochi Winter Olympics, the national skiing association said on Friday. "We discovered there were a number of irregularities in the competition in which Vanessa Mae qualified," Slovenian Ski Association head Jurij Zurej told Reuters on Friday. "We have no indication whatsoever that Vanessa Mae or any other skier would be in

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