Geir Helgemo

From that time Helgemo played with Tor Helness on the open team, which was always strong and won another world silver medal in 2001.

[2] From 2011 Helgemo and Helness were full-time members of a team led and funded by the Swiss real estate tycoon Pierre Zimmermann, under a contract expiring in 2016.

The drugs were said to be "not performance enhancing" by Kari-Anne Opsal, the president of the Norwegian Bridge Federation.

The WBF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee and therefore follows the World Anti-Doping Agency's rules on which drugs are permissible.

The ban, backdated to begin when he accepted a provisional suspension, is due to expire on 20 November 2019.