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IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests
TSI CORRESPONDENT | Issue Dated: January 1, 1970, London
Tags : IOC | Russian athlete Victoria Baranova | Colombian athlete Diego Palomeque Echavarria | London Olympic Games 2012 |
Tags : IOC | Russian athlete Victoria Baranova | Colombian athlete Diego Palomeque Echavarria | London Olympic Games 2012 |
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday announced that it had excluded Russian athlete Victoria Baranova (cycling-track, women's sprint) and provisionally suspended Colombian athlete Diego Palomeque Echavarria (athletics, men's 400m) from the London Olympic Games 2012.
Baranova provided a urine sample on July 24 in Ratomka, Belarus, that tested positive for the prohibited substance testosterone of exogenous origin.The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Thomas Bach (Chairman), Denis Oswald and Frank Fredericks, decided that Baranova shall have her Olympic identity and accreditation card immediately cancelled and withdrawn.
In the case of Echavarria, who was scheduled to compete Saturday morning, the athlete provided a urine sample on July 26 in London that tested positive for testosterone of exogenous origin. The Colombian has been provisionally suspended from competing. Upon receipt of the results of the B Sample analysis, a final decision will be pronounced by the Disciplinary Commission.
Under the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the 2012 London Olympic Games, testing takes place under the IOC's auspices from July 16 (date of the opening of the Olympic Village) to August 12. Within that period, the IOC systematically performs tests before and after events. After each event, the IOC systematically carries out tests on the top five finishers plus two at random.
The IOC also performs out-of-competition unannounced tests. Over the course of the London Games, the IOC is expected to carry out some 5,000 tests - 3,800 urine and 1,200 blood.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
