Italian figure skater Carolina Kostner can compete starting Jan. 1 after her suspension for assisting then-boyfriend and Olympic race walking champion Alex Schwazer in covering up his doping was amended Monday.
It’s unknown whether Kostner, 28, seeks to compete again.
Her ban had been scheduled to end May 15, but it’s now up at the end of 2015 after she settled a dispute with doping authorities, according to the Italian Olympic Committee. The ban was increased to 21 months but then backdated to April 1, 2104.
The Olympic bronze medalist Kostner was riginally given a 16-month ban last January after she admitted she lied to drug testers who showed up at her home in 2012, looking for Schwazer in order to perform a drug test.