23 February 2002: Alain Baxter celebrates as he wins a bronze medal for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Britain's first ski medal.

27 February: Baxter returns home to Scotland to a hero's welcome with thousands of fans welcoming him back in Aviemore.

1 March: The British Olympic Association informs Baxter he has failed a drugs test.

5 March: It is announced to the media that Baxter's post-race urine sample has tested positive for the banned substance methamphetamine.

However, he denies knowingly taking a performance-enhancing drug.

21 March: Baxter is stripped of his Olympic bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee's executive committee.

Baxter claims the positive drugs test came from an over-the-counter nasal inhaler which he bought in the US.

11 April: Baxter lodges an appeal against the IOC's decision to strip him of his bronze medal.

He takes his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.

23 April: In an interview, Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says he has no sympathy for Baxter.

And the president of the IOC says there are no plans to re-open the case because it could set a dangerous precedent.

3 June: Baxter receives a three month ban by the International Ski Federation (FIS) and cannot race until 15 December.

FIS states it believes Baxter's explanation and imposes the smallest sanction possible for a first doping offence.

16 August: Baxter wins an appeal against the length of the ban imposed by FIS and can start racing immediately.

5 and 6 September: Baxter has his appeal against the International Olympic Committee's decision to strip him of his bronze medal heard in London.

16 October: The Court of Arbitration for Sport announces IOC decision stands - Baxter has lost medal appeal.