Russian runner to be stripped of Olympic gold

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Natalya Antyukh will lose the 400m hurdles title she gained on the 2012 London Video games

Russian athlete Natalya Antyukh will likely be stripped of the gold medal she gained on the 2012 London Olympic Video games after being discovered responsible of doping violations, in accordance with the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

The AIU introduced on Monday that Antyukh, 41, would have her outcomes disqualified from the interval of July 15, 2012, to June 29, 2013.

The group mentioned the punishment was as a consequence of the usage of a “prohibited substance/methodology” and cited costs primarily based on information from LIMS (laboratory informational administration system).

The AIU’s announcement famous that Antyukh had already been sanctioned for alleged doping violations – which resulted in her dropping her relay gold medal from the Moscow 2013 World Championships.

“Athlete already serving the utmost four 12 months sanction for a 1st violation beneath the principles and her outcomes from 30 June 2013 till 31 December 2015 are already disqualified. Nationwide determination appealable,” learn a press release.

Antyukh completed first within the ladies’s 400m hurdles on the 2012 London Video games, recording a time of 52.70 seconds to beat US rival Lashinda Demus into second. Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic took bronze, whereas Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica got here fourth.

Antyukh was additionally a part of the Russian workforce which gained four x 400m relay silver in London, though they have been later disqualified as a consequence of doping allegations in opposition to workforce member Antonina Krivoshapka.

Previous to that, the St. Petersburg-born Antyukh was a silver medalist within the four x 400m relay on the 2004 Athens Video games, the place she additionally earned bronze within the 400m particular person occasion.

She later claimed gold within the four x 400m relay on the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. Antyukh formally retired in February 2017. 

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Lots of the claims have been primarily based on testimony by physician Grigory Rodchenkov, the disgraced former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory who has since fled Russia for the US.

A warrant has been issued for Rodchenkov’s arrest in Russia on drug-trafficking costs.  

Russian officers have admitted mistake have been made with some elements of their anti-doping packages, however have vehemently denied claims of state-backed doping initiatives.

Dozens of Russian athletes who have been initially banned following the WADA investigation later had their bans overturned on enchantment on the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which said there had been inadequate proof to impose sanctions.

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The Russian groups on the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Video games, 2020 Tokyo Summer time Video games, and 2022 Beijing Winter Video games all competed beneath impartial standing.

Present WADA sanctions in opposition to Russia – which have been imposed following claims of the manipulation of Moscow laboratory information – are as a consequence of finish in December of this 12 months.

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