Brazilian swimmer Gusmao freed from charges

BRASILIA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian swimmer, Rebeca Gusmao, was freed from charges by the Arbitrary Court of Sports in Switzerland, her lawyer Breno Tannuri said on Friday .

Tannuri announced that the Arbitrary Court of Sports had rejected the appeal of the International Swimming Federation against the athlete in her case of doping in 2006.

The entity claimed it was "unable" to prove the case against Gusmao. Additionally, the court claimed that the case took place in Brazil , which is out of the court's jurisdiction and would not accept the case.

However, the courts decision to drop the case is only one of three court battles that the swimmer faces.

The athlete still faces two other charges of doping. The first is in relation to the trials leading up to the Pan-American Games. The second is related to her urine tests during the Games held in Rio de Janeiro in 2007.

"Rebeca may still be condemned for the other cases brought up against her," warned her lawyer.

The latest case brought up against the swimmer during the Pan-American Games claim that the differences in DNA of her urine tests prove her guilt of abuse of testosterone.

Due to the charges, the swimmer had to return her medals won during the games: gold in the 50m freestyle, gold in the 100m freestyle and her silver in the 4x100m medley. Included in the charges is the falsification of identity, a law in which Brazil condemns those found guilty to a sentence of up to five years in jail.

Gusmao has declared continuously that she is innocent. She claims that the high levels of testosterone found in her respective tests are natural and are due to the abnormality of her ovaries.