CAS puts 4-year ban on Russian Racewalkers for Doping Violation

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Russian Racewalkers Elmira Alembekova, Vera Sokolova, Ivan Noskov, Mikhail Ryzhov, Denis Strelkov (Image: Facebook)
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Lausanne: In a press release sent today, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced decisions in the cases involving Russian racewalkers Elmira Alembekova, Ivan Noskov, Mikhail Ryzhov, Vera Sokolova and Denis Strelkov who all tested positive for EPO at the Saransk race walking centre on 2 June 2015.

CAS has found that all the five athletes have committed an Anti-doping Rule Violation (ADRV) pursuant to Rules 32.1 and 32.2 of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) Competition Rules.

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In reference to the above findings, the Court has put sanctions on these athletes detailed below:

  1. Ivan Noskov, Mihail Ryzhov, Vera Sokolova and Denis Strelkov: 4-year period of ineligibility, starting on 15 July 2016 & all competitive results during June 2, 2015- July 15 2015 are disqualified, with all the resulting consequences, including the forfeiture of any titles, awards, medals, points, prize and appearance money.
  2. Elmira Alembekova: 4-year period of ineligibility, starting on 17 July 2016 & all competitive results during June 2, 2015-July 17, 2015 are disqualified, with all the resulting consequences, including the forfeiture of any titles, awards, medals, points, prize and appearance money.

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Earlier, in February, the IAAF had referred the cases to the CAS.  The All Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) is currently suspended. The panel of arbitrators included Prof. Matthew J. Mitten (USA), President, Professor Ulrich Haas (Germany) and Mr. Chi Liu (China) to hear these five cases.

The Court found it to be their first offence and the athletes failed to establish that the anti-doping rule violations were not intentional, nor even adduced any evidence or explanation regarding the origin of the r-EPO in their urine samples or their usage of this Prohibited Substance.

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It meant that there was no basis to either eliminate or reduce the period of ineligibility. In lieu of these facts, the court sanctioned the athletes with a 4-year ban which is the punishment under such situations.