"It's not about Petrovsky," Coach Kaminski said, settling into the small room's single chair while Ivy remained standing, adrenaline already spiking despite the reassurance. "This is about the electrolyte supplement the team's nutritionist provided last month, during your final training block before departure."
Ivy's stomach dropped, a fresh, entirely different kind of fear settling in. "What about it?"
"The manufacturer issued an emergency recall overnight, discovering contamination with a banned substance during a routine quality control audit. Apparently the contamination affected only a specific production batch, but that batch was distributed to several national team programs, including ours." Coach Kaminski's expression carried genuine, careful gravity. "Anti-doping officials are a
