2008 Olympic freestyle silver medalists Tigiev (UZB) & Tigiyev (KAZ) lose medals for positive doping retests
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Photos of Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan and Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan.
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.
As part of this process, the IOC today announced that nine athletes have been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. The details follow.
Soslan TIGIEV, 33, of Uzbekistan, competing in the men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event in which he ranked 2nd and for which he was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Tigiev’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Mr Denis Oswald (Chairman), Mrs Gunilla Lindberg and Mr Ugur Erdener, decided the following:
I. The Athlete, Soslan Tigiev:
i. 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),
ii. is disqualified from the men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
iii. has the medal, the medallist pin and diploma obtained in the men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
II. The UWW is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
III. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
IV. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan 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 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event to the Athlete.
V. This decision enters into force immediately.
The full decision is available here.
Taimuraz TIGIYEV, 34, of Kazakhstan, competing in the men’s 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event (1/8 final, 1/4 final, semi-final and final) in which he ranked 2nd and for which he was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Tigiyev’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Mr Denis Oswald (Chairman), Mrs Gunilla Lindberg and Mr Ugur Erdener, decided the following:
I. The Athlete, Taimuraz Tigiyev:
i. 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),
ii. is disqualified from the men’s 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
iii. has the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma obtained in the men’s 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
II. The UWW is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
III. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
IV. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan 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 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event.
V. This decision enters into force immediately.
The full decision is available here.
United World Wrestling, the international wrestling federation, has yet to announce the new medal winners from Beijing at these two weight classes.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the USA entries at these weights were Ben Askren (74 kg) and Daniel Cormier (96 kg). Askren placed seventh and Cormier did not compete after making weight for medical reasons and placed 19th.
Other athletes who were disqualified from the Beijing Olympics were:
• Sardar HASANOV, 31, of Azerbaijan, competing in the men’s 62kg weightlifting event, in which he did not finish, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Hasanov’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
• Wilfredo MARTINEZ, 31, of Cuba, competing in the men’s long jump event (qualification and final) in which he ranked 5th and for which he was awarded a diploma, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Martinez’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance acetazolamide.
• Josephine Nnkiruka ONYIA, 30, of Spain, competing in the women’s 100m hurdles event (round 1 and semi-final) in which she ranked 9th, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Onyia’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance methylhexanamine.
• Ekaterina VOLKOVA, 38, of Russia, competing in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event (round 1 and final) in which she ranked 3rd and for which she was awarded a bronze medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Volkova’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
• Olha KOROBKA, 30, of Ukraine, competing in the women’s +75kg weightlifting event in which she ranked 2nd and for which she was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Korobka’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
• Nastassia NOVIKAVA, 34, of Belarus, competing in the women’s 53kg weightlifting event in which she ranked 3rd and for which she was awarded a bronze medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Novikava’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and stanozolol.
• Andrei RYBAKOU, 34, of Belarus, competing in the men’s 85kg weightlifting event in which he ranked 2nd and for which he was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Rybakou’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances stanozolol and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
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.
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.
As part of this process, the IOC today announced that nine athletes have been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. The details follow.
Soslan TIGIEV, 33, of Uzbekistan, competing in the men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event in which he ranked 2nd and for which he was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Tigiev’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Mr Denis Oswald (Chairman), Mrs Gunilla Lindberg and Mr Ugur Erdener, decided the following:
I. The Athlete, Soslan Tigiev:
i. 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),
ii. is disqualified from the men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
iii. has the medal, the medallist pin and diploma obtained in the men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
II. The UWW is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
III. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
IV. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan 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 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event to the Athlete.
V. This decision enters into force immediately.
The full decision is available here.
Taimuraz TIGIYEV, 34, of Kazakhstan, competing in the men’s 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event (1/8 final, 1/4 final, semi-final and final) in which he ranked 2nd and for which he was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Tigiyev’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Mr Denis Oswald (Chairman), Mrs Gunilla Lindberg and Mr Ugur Erdener, decided the following:
I. The Athlete, Taimuraz Tigiyev:
i. 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),
ii. is disqualified from the men’s 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
iii. has the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma obtained in the men’s 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
II. The UWW is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
III. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
IV. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan 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 84-96kg freestyle wrestling event.
V. This decision enters into force immediately.
The full decision is available here.
United World Wrestling, the international wrestling federation, has yet to announce the new medal winners from Beijing at these two weight classes.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the USA entries at these weights were Ben Askren (74 kg) and Daniel Cormier (96 kg). Askren placed seventh and Cormier did not compete after making weight for medical reasons and placed 19th.
Other athletes who were disqualified from the Beijing Olympics were:
• Sardar HASANOV, 31, of Azerbaijan, competing in the men’s 62kg weightlifting event, in which he did not finish, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Hasanov’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
• Wilfredo MARTINEZ, 31, of Cuba, competing in the men’s long jump event (qualification and final) in which he ranked 5th and for which he was awarded a diploma, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Martinez’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance acetazolamide.
• Josephine Nnkiruka ONYIA, 30, of Spain, competing in the women’s 100m hurdles event (round 1 and semi-final) in which she ranked 9th, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Onyia’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance methylhexanamine.
• Ekaterina VOLKOVA, 38, of Russia, competing in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event (round 1 and final) in which she ranked 3rd and for which she was awarded a bronze medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Volkova’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
• Olha KOROBKA, 30, of Ukraine, competing in the women’s +75kg weightlifting event in which she ranked 2nd and for which she was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Korobka’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
• Nastassia NOVIKAVA, 34, of Belarus, competing in the women’s 53kg weightlifting event in which she ranked 3rd and for which she was awarded a bronze medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Novikava’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and stanozolol.
• Andrei RYBAKOU, 34, of Belarus, competing in the men’s 85kg weightlifting event in which he ranked 2nd and for which he was awarded a silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Re-analysis of Rybakou’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances stanozolol and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
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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