By Emmanuel Ukudolo
Rio, August 9, 2016 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has disqualified four athletes for violating doping rules at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic games.
The athletes are Nurcan Taylan, 32 from Turkey, Hripsime KHURSHUDYAN, 29, from Armenia, Pavel KRYVITKSI, 32, from Belarus and Oleksandr P’YATNYTSYA, 31, from Ukraine.They were all disqualified for the respective games they took part in at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic respectively for accelerating their performance with prohibited substances.
Tylan competed in women 48 kg weightlifting event at the Beijinj Olympic, while KHURSHUDYAN took part in women’s 75kg weightlifting event at the same game and ranked 11th, KRYVITKSI took part in Hammer throw event in London Olympic 2012 and ranked 28th, P’YATNYTSYA participated in the Javeline throw event at the London 2012 Olympic.
In announcing the sanctions, the IOC said reanalysis of Taylan’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance stanozolol.
“The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Juan Antonio Samaranch and Gunilla Lindberg decided that Taylan 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).
According to the IOC, Taylan is disqualified from all the events in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, namely, the 48kg weightlifting event. The committee explained that the Turkish Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision with immediate effect.
On KHURSHUDYAN, the IOC said reanalysis of Khurshudyan’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance stanozolol and was 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) and is disqualified from all the events in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, namely, the 75kg weightlifting event.
It requested the International Weight Lifting Federation (IWF) to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence and requested the National Olympic Committee to ensure full implementation of this decision.
On KRYVITKSI, 32, the committee said samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances stanozolol and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 (presence, and/or use, of Prohibited Substances or their Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen), and is therefore disqualified from the event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012, namely the hammer throw event, in which he ranked 28th.
It requested the International All Athletics Federation (IAAF) to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence. The IOC directed the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus to ensure full implementation of this decision.
On Oleksandr P’YATNYTSYA, 31, the IOC said reanalysis of P’yatnytsya’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 (presence, and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen) and is disqualified from the event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012, namely the javelin throw event, in which he placed 2nd and for which he was awarded the silver medal.
It withdrew the silver medal, the medallist pin, and the diploma obtained in the javelin throw event and requested the IAAF to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence. It notified the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine to ensure full implementation of this decision.
