Before the start of the 2014/ 2015 biathlon season, the IBU pro-actively decided to re-analyze some samples that showed atypical results in the previous season and were therefore stored for potential future analysis. The reason for this is a new testing method for WADA laboratories that has become available in the fall of 2014 to prove the presence of recombinant EPO. With this new tool, the IBU is optimistic to have an even more powerful tool to keep the sport absolutely clean. As a result, three suspensions were implemented this week, two of them on athletes who were already suspended by the Anti – Doping Hearing Panel this year, and another one, provisionally.