Danish Curler Tests Positive

In some unfortunate news today coming out of Denmark, a player at the European Curling Championship playing for the Denmark Women’s team has tested positive for a banned substance. Helle Simonsen who plays with Lene Nielsen will be facing an investigation and considering the reason for the positive test, we hope that a reasonable solution can come of this case.

See the press release from the Danish Curling Federation for more information:

Danish Curling player tested positive

During the recently European Championships in Esbjerg, the Danish curling player Helle Simonsen was doping tested. It has now been found that the test is positive.
Helle Simonsen has a hormonal imbalance called PCOS and in relation to that she has taken some alternative medicine that would help her become pregnant. One of the substances in the medicine is on the doping list.

Helle has not been aware that the drug was on the doping list. It is not taken with performance enhancement in mind and she is very sorry about what happened.

The consequence of the positive testing is that Helle Simonsen with immediate effect will be excluded from all tournaments and competitions until the case is dealt with and the authorities have made a decision. The proceedings of the matter in hand will be World Curling Federation.

Since this only relates to one player on Team Lene Nielsen’s team it will not affect Team Lene Nielsen results or current ranking.

For more information contact:
Ulrik Schmidt
Sports Director
Danish Curling Association
Mobile: +45 40 86 26 64
E-mail: us@curling.dk
Susanne Slotsager
President
Danish Curling Association
Mobile: +45 40 25 20 08
E-mail: susanne@curling.dk