Canada's 11-time world canoe champion Laurence Vincent-Lapointe was cleared Tuesday over a positive drugs test which has been blamed "on contamination by a third person". The 27-year-old was provisionally suspended last August after "miniscule traces" of anabolic steroid Ligandrol were found in her system in the run up to the world championships. In an emotional press conference in Montreal at the time she vowed to clear her name. And five months on the International Canoe Federation announced it was lifting the suspension. "The ICF has accepted Ms Vincent Lapointe's evidence which supports that she was the victim of third-party contamination, and has cleared her to return to training and competition immediately," a statement confirmed. ebe/jr/nr/mw