Admin l Wednesday, February 1, 2017
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The International Olympic Committee, IOC has sanctioned three athletes for testing positive to performance enhancing drugs at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The affected athletes are Vera Ganeeva and Antonina Krivoshapka( Russians) and Adem Kilicci from Turkey.
According to IOC, Ganeeva, 28,competed in the women’s discus throw event in which she ranked 23rd, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games London 2012.
“ Re-analysis of Ganeeva’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (turinabol)”, the IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Mr Denis Oswald (Chairman), Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch and Dr Ugur Erdener said.
Kilicci, 30, of Turkey, competed in the men’s 69-75 kg boxing event (round of 32 and quarterfinal) in which he ranked 5th and for which he was awarded a diploma but has been disqualified from the Olympic Games London 2012.
“Re-analysis of Kilicci’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol)”, the IOC said.
Krivoshapka, 29, competed in the women’s 400m event, in which she ranked 6th and for which she was awarded a diploma, and in the women’s 4x400m relay event, in which she and her teammates ranked 2nd and for which they were awarded a silver medal. But she has been disqualified from the Olympic Games London 2012.
“Re-analysis of Krivoshapka’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol)”, the IOC committee said and ordered the affected athletes to return the medals and diplomas obtained during the game to the IOC.
