The IOC has undertaken to nullify Russian achievements at the 2012 Olympics in London
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) found Russian track and field athletes Yulia Gushchina and Anna Nazarova to have violated anti-doping rules and annulled their results at the London 2012 Olympic Games, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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The official website of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) reports this.
“In accordance with the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee dated October 16, 2017, athletes Yulia Gushchina and Anna Nazarova were found to have violated the anti-doping rules of the London 2012 Olympic Games based on the results of repeated testing of samples,” the statement says.
The results achieved by Yulia Gushchina in the 400 m race were annulled, the 4x400 m relay team (women) was disqualified; the silver medal, diploma and participant badge are refundable. The results achieved by Anna Nazarova in the long jump are canceled, the diploma for 5th place must be returned
Previously, the Russian women's athletics team was stripped of its gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 4x100m relay due to a positive doping test for one of the athletes.
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