IOC sanctions Mate Binay over London 2012 Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has sanctioned  Turkey athlete, Mete BINAY, 35 for failing anti-doping test at the London 2012 Olympics.

According to the IOC, Mete Binay  of Turkey, competed in the men’s 69 kg weightlifting event at the Olympic Games London 2012, in which he ranked 6^th.

The IOC said that re-analysis of Binay’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance, Stanozolol.

Consequently, IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Messrs Denis Oswald (Chairman), Juan Antonio Samaranch and Ingmar De Vos found Mete BINAY 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.

His urine according to the IOC  reveals presence, and/or use, of Prohibited Substances or its Metabolites or Markers in his bodily specimen and is therefore disqualified from the event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012, namely the men’s 69 kg weightlifting event, in which he ranked 6th and for which he was awarded a diploma.

He is consequently ordered to return the diploma obtained in the men’s 69 kg weightlifting event. The IWF has also been requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.

“The Turkish Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.  The Turkish Olympic Committee shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the diploma awarded in connection with the men’s 69 kg weightlifting event to the Athlete”, the IOC said.