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 faced a four-year ban from competition after WADA contested her claim of contamination through kissing.

French fencer Ysaora Thibus was cleared of doping after judges accepted she was contaminated by kissing her partner, US fencer Race Imboden, who unknowingly used ostarine. She can now compete freely.