Ms Svetlana Terenteva is a Russian Athlete competing in Ice Hockey at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
On 8 February 2010 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance tuaminoheptane.
After notification the Athlete was heard for the IOC Disciplinary Commission.
The Athlete stated that she suffered from a bad head cold in January, and that the medication she had taken until then was not effective. She then went to a hospital in her home town of Pervouralsk, Russia, where a physician had given her a prescription for Rhinofluimucil. The Athlete provided a copy of the prescription to the Disciplinary Commission. The Athlete further explained that while the other medications she had taken had failed, Rhinofluimucil was helping her condition. The Athlete added that, at the hospital, she had mentioned to the physician, who was not a sports physician that she might be competing in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.
The Disciplinary Commission unanimously concluded that the Athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation, in that there was the presence of the prohibited substance, tuaminoheptane, in her body, regardless of the date she had taken Rhinofluimucil, since the substance was in her body on 6 February 2010, the day upon which the sample was taken, during the Period of the Olympic Games.
Considering the circumstances and that the out-of-competition use of the substance was not prohibited, the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides:
1.) The athlete, Svetlana Terenteva, Russian Federation, Ice Hockey, is issued a reprimand;
2.) The NOC of the Russian Federation is reminded to ensure, by all means, that the athletes and officials of its delegation comply with all anti-doping rules;
3.) To forward this Decision to the International Ice Hockey Federation for any further action within its own competence, as it may deem appropriate; and
4.) This decision shall enter into force immediately.
