Jari Olavi Isometsä (born 11 September 1968) is a
Finnish former
cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2006. He won three bronze medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
Winter Olympics
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(1992, 1994, 1998).
Isometsä also won four medals at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship ev ...
with two silvers (4 × 10 km: 1995, 1997) and two bronzes (4 × 10 km: 1991, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995). In the
World Cup
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, he took four victories in races between 10 km and 30 km.
Isometsä was among the six Finnish skiers who were caught of
doping
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* Doping, adding a dopant to something
* Doping (semiconductor), intentionally introducing impurities into an extremely pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties
* Aircraft dope, a lacquer that is applied to fabr ...
in the Finnish
2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships scandal for taking
hydroxyethyl starch
Hydroxyethyl starch (HES/HAES), sold under the brand name Voluven among others, is a nonionic starch derivative, used as a volume expander in intravenous therapy. The use of HES on critically ill patients is associated with an increased risk of ...
(HES), a
blood plasma
Blood plasma is a light amber-colored liquid component of blood in which blood cells are absent, but contains proteins and other constituents of whole blood in suspension. It makes up about 55% of the body's total blood volume. It is the ...
expander usually used to cover up the use of