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ROME (AP) — Lance Armstrong's former physician Michele Ferrari and his son Stefano have been called in for hearings next week with the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor for allegedly providing illegal drug assistance to a biathlete.
Italian biathlete Daniel Taschler and his father, Gottlieb, were also called in by CONI for the hearings Sept. 4.
CONI is acting on investigations by prosecutors in Padua and Bolzano who allege that the Ferraris supplied the Taschlers with banned drugs via illegal sales methods.
Michele Ferrari was banned for life by the United States Anti-Doping Agency in the 2012 case that led to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
Gottlieb Taschler is a member of the International Biathlon Union's executive board.
Both the Ferraris and the Taschlers deny wrongdoing.
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