updated 4:42 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2006

CESANA, Italy - U.S. bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic said he has settled lawsuits against the makers of a protein powder he claims prompted a positive drug test that kept him from the 2002 Olympics.

“The matters have been resolved,” Jovanovic said Saturday night after his bobsled team finished seventh in the four-man competition at the Turin Games. “That’s all I can say about that.”

It’s unclear when and on what terms the suits were settled. Jovanovic said he is barred from discussing specifics of the settlement.

Jovanovic sued MuscleTech Research and Development and General Nutrition Centers in December 2003, contending the powder he was using shortly before the Salt Lake City Games was tainted. He sued another manufacturing firm, Century Foods International of Wisconsin, earlier this month.

Jovanovic tested positive for the steroid 19-norandrostenedione on Dec. 29, 2001. That led to a two-year suspension and ineligibility for the Salt Lake City Olympics.

He competed in the two- and four-man events at the Turin Games.

“You know what I’m feeling? I’m an Olympian and no one’s ever going to take that away from me,” Jovanovic said.

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