IOC 2016 IOC vs Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Beijing Olympiad)
January 10, 2017
Ms. Ndzeya Ostapchuk is a Belarussian Athlete competing in the Women’s Shot Put at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Previously the Athlete also competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her A and B samples, provided on 4 August and 6 August 2012, tested positive for the prohibited substance Metenolone.
The IOC notified the Belarus Olympic Committee and a delegation attended the hearing of the IOC Disciplinary Commission.
The delegation explained that the Athlete was tested negative several times in July and August 2012 and had no explanation as to why such substance would have been found in the sample of the Athlete.
The IOC Disciplinary Commission concludes that the Athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation.
Hereafter the IOC Executive Board decides, as recommended by the IOC Disciplinary Commission, that the athlete Ms Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Belarus, Athletics:
1.) is disqualified from the Women’s Shot Put event, where she had placed first;
2.) is excluded from the Games of the London 2012 Olympic Games;
3.) shall have her medal, diploma and medallist pin in the above-noted event withdrawn;
4.) shall have her Olympic identity and accreditation card immediately cancelled and withdrawn.
5.) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
6.) The NOC of Belarus is ordered to return to the IOC, as soon as possible, the medal, diploma and medallist pin awarded to the Athlete in relation to the above-noted event.
7.) The IOC administration is instructed to reallocate the medals, diplomas and medallist pins to the athletes that finished behind Ms Nadzeya Ostapchuk in the above-mentioned event, the first three being:
- Valerie Adams, New Zealand, first
- Evgeniia Kolodko, Russian Federation, second
- Lijiao Gong, People’s Republic of China, third
- The NOC of Belarus and LOCOG shall ensure full implementation of the Executive Board decision.
8.) This decision shall enter into force immediately.
In July 2016 the IOC reported a new anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after reanalysis of the Athlete's Beijing 2008 A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and tamoxifen.
