IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008

Tatyana FIROVA (center) in photo
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The protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are top priorities for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as outlined in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. To provide a level playing field for all clean athletes at the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the IOC put special measures in place, including targeted pre-tests and the re-analysis of stored samples from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012, following an intelligence-gathering process that started in August 2015.

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As part of this process, the IOC today announced that six athletes have been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. The details follow.

Alexandru DUDOGLO, 27, of Moldova, competing in the Men’s 69kg weightlifting event, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in which he ranked ninth. Reanalysis of Dudoglo’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance stanozolol.
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The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Gunilla Lindberg and Ugur Erdener, decided the following:
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1. The Athlete, Alexandru DUDOGLO:
   1. is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 (presence and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
   2. is disqualified from the Men’s 69kg weightlifting event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008.
2. The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
3. The National Olympic Committee of Moldova shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
4. This decision enters into force immediately.

The full decision is available here.

Nadezda EVSTYUKHINA, 28, of the Russian Federation, competing in the Women’s 75kg weightlifting event, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in which she ranked third and for which she was awarded the bronze medal. Reanalysis of Evstyukhina’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and EPO.
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The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Gunilla Lindberg and Ugur Erdener, decided the following:

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1. The Athlete, Nadezda EVSTYUKHINA:
   1. is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 (presence and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
   2. is disqualified from the Women’s 75kg weightlifting event in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, and
   3. has the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma obtained in the 75kg weightlifting event withdrawn, and is ordered to return these.
2. The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
3. The Russian Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
4. The Russian Olympic Committee shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma awarded in connection with the Women’s 75kg weightlifting event to the Athlete.
5. This decision enters into force immediately.

The full decision is available here.

Tatyana FIROVA, 33, of the Russian Federation, competing in athletics in the Women’s 400m and 4x400m events, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in which she respectively ranked sixth and second with her teammates. Reanalysis of Firova’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and 3a-hydroxy-5a-androst-1-en-17-one (metabolite of 1-testosterone, 1-androstenedione or 1-androstenediol).
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The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Gunilla Lindberg and Ugur Erdener, decided the following:

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1. The Athlete, Tatyana FIROVA:
   1. is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 (presence and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
   2. is disqualified from all the events in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, namely the Women’s 400m and the Women’s 4x400m relay, and
   3. has the medal, the medallist pin and the diplomas obtained in the Women’s 400m and the Women’s 4x400m relay withdrawn, and is ordered to return these.
2. The Russian Federation Team is disqualified from the Women’s 4x400m relay. The corresponding medals and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned.
3. The IAAF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
4. The Russian Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
5. The Russian Olympic Committee shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the medals, the medallist pins and the diplomas awarded in connection with the Women’s 400m and in connection with the Women’s 4x100m relay to the Athlete and to the other team members of the Women’s 4x400m Russian Federation Team.
6. This decision enters into force immediately.

The full decision is available here.

Tigran MARTIROSYAN, 28, of Armenia, competing in the Men’s 69kg weightlifting event, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in which he ranked third, and for which he was awarded the bronze medal. Reanalysis of Martirosyan’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances stanozolol and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
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The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Gunilla Lindberg and Ugur Erdener, decided the following:

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1. The Athlete, Tigran MARTIROSYAN:
   1. is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 (presence and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
   2. is disqualified from the Men’s 69kg weightlifting event in which he participated upon the occasion of the  Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
   3. has the bronze medal, the diploma and the medallist pin obtained in the Men’s 69kg weightlifting event withdrawn, and is ordered to return these.
2. The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
3. The National Olympic Committee of Armenia shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
4. The National Olympic Committee of Armenia shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma awarded in connection with the Men’s 69kg weightlifting event to the Athlete.
5. This decision enters into force immediately.

The full decision is available here.

Marina SHAINOVA, 30, of the Russian Federation, competing in the Women’s 58kg weightlifting event, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in which she ranked second, and for which she was awarded the silver medal. Reanalysis of Shainova’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances stanozolol and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
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The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Juan Antonio Samaranch and Ugur Erdener, decided the following:

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1. The Athlete, Marina SHAINOVA:
   1. is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 (presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
   2. is disqualified from the 58kg weightlifting event in which she placed second upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008.
   3. has the silver medal, the diploma, and the medallist pin obtained in the 58kg weightlifting event withdrawn, and is ordered to return these.
2. The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
3. The Russian Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
4. The Russian Olympic Committee shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma awarded in connection with the 58kg weightlifting event to the Athlete.
5. This decision enters into force immediately.

The full decision is available here.

Intigam ZAIROV, 31, of Azerbaijan, competing in the Men’s 85kg weightlifting event, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in which he ranked ninth. Reanalysis of Zairov’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
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The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Juan Antonio Samaranch and Ugur Erdener, decided the following:

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1. The Athlete, Intigam ZAIROV:
   1. is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 (presence and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
   2. is disqualified from all the Men’s 85kg weightlifting event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008.
2. The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
3. The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
4. This decision enters into force immediately.

The full decision is available here.
The additional analyses on samples collected during the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012 were performed with improved analytical methods, in order to possibly detect prohibited substances that could not be identified by the analysis performed at the time of these editions of the Olympic Games. 
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By: Editor