Belgian track and road racer Shari Bossouy, who was expected to team up with Lotte Kopecký in Madison at the Paris Olympics, announced that she will not appeal the two-year suspension imposed by the French anti-doping agency AFLD for a positive doping The team will not appeal the two-year suspension imposed by the French anti-doping agency, the AFLD.

In a lengthy post on Instagram, Bossuit said she has a chance to appeal, but "I simply don't have the power or money for it."

Both Bossuite and Kopecký are world champions in Madison in 2022, and Kopecký said during the World Championships in Glasgow that her race in Madison for the Paris Olympics would depend on the outcome of Bossuite's trial and the development of the young athlete who would replace her.

While competing in the Tour de Normandie, Bossuit tested positive for the cancer drug Letrozole after winning the final stage and finishing sixth overall.

Bossuit continues to insist that she is innocent. 'I'm a 23-year-old girl who just happened to turn a hobby into a career. I am not a doping kind of person and I have never thought about this kind of thing. And I will keep repeating this until one day it all becomes clear," she writes.

She tried to claim that she was a victim of contaminated food, but was unable to prove the cause and found no way to avoid the suspension.

"No one seems to realize what this does to someone's mental health. My Olympic dreams have been destroyed and I have to walk around every day with a doper's "stamp". It is almost unbearable. Fortunately, I have support from people who listen to me and believe in me. I will prove that I will come back stronger."

Bossuite spoke at length about her frustration, resenting the lack of "nuance" in the anti-doping rules.

"After some silence and patience, I would like to respond to the AFLD verdict: on December 4, I received a ruling from the AFLD regarding my suspension. As expected, they proposed a two-year sentence. They have confirmed and acknowledged the fact that the contamination was not intentional. However, as in the Toon Arts case, they cannot prove the exact source of the contamination.

She stated that the proof would have to come from a public agency or laboratory studies. She said, "Unfortunately, such studies are enormously expensive and time-consuming. We consulted with food agencies and found that they do not even test for letrozole. Letrozole is banned in Europe, so there is no food safety risk, and I am not aware of Letrozole being used in Europe."

Animal science studies have shown that letrozole can be used as a substitute for estradiol to synchronize cattle reproduction, but its use in the EU is illegal.

Letrozole is banned by WADA because it can be used to mask the feminizing effects of steroid use.

Bossuyt wrote that the AFLD acknowledged that contaminated milk could be a doping positive, but did not concede on the suspension, and lamented the lack of support from the Belgian federation, the anti-doping agency, the CPA athletes' union and the UCI.

"As an athlete, you are completely on your own.

"You still have a chance to appeal now, but you don't have the power or money to do so. The feeling of having to fight a losing battle, the sleepless nights of constant worry, and the financial pain of having to spend tens of thousands of euros more on a case you have already lost, made me decide to leave it at that."[29