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Violinist Vanessa-Mae has been banned from competitive skiing for four years after the International Ski Federation found she had taken part in races fixed to allow her to qualify for the Sochi Olympics.

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Violinist Vanessa-Mae has been banned from competitive skiing for four years.

The sanction comes after the International Ski Federation found she had taken part in races that were fixed to allow her to qualify for the Sochi Olympics.

The governing body said that Without the cheating orchestrated by her managers, Vanessa-Mae "would not have achieved the necessary FIS point performance level to qualify for the Games."

Unsuprisingly then she finished last of 67 at Sochi in the two-run giant slalom.