Ms. Yulia Kalina is an Ukrainian Athlete competing the 58kg Weightlifting event at the Londen 2012 Olympic Games.
In 2016, the IOC decided to perform further analyses on certain samples collected during the 2012 Olympic Games. These additional analyses were performed with analytical methods which were not available in 2012.
In May 2016 the International Olympic Committee reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her 2012 A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). After notification the Athlete was heard for the IOC Disciplianry Commission.
The Athlete stated that she was regularly tested during her career and denied the intentional use of the substance. The Athlete asserted that only a contaminated or mislabeled food supplement could explain the test results. The supplements she used were recommended by her trainer and at that time she had no support of a team doctor. The Athlete argued that she researched the ingredients of these supplements before using and purchased the supplements from reliable sources in the Ukraine and not from the internet.
The Disciplinary Commission concludes that the Athlete has committed an anti-doping rule violation and has been, at best, highly negligent with her supplements. The Commission finds that the explanation about the contamination lack substance and coherence due to the Athlete failed to mention the name of the supplement she used and the substance turinabol is not known to accidental contamination of legitimate food supplements.
Therefore the IOC Disciplianry Commission decides on 13 July 2016 that the Athlete Yulia Kalina:
1.) is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 (presence, and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
2.) is disqualified from the event in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012, namely the 58kg weightlifting event, in which she placed 3rd.
3.) has the bronze medal, the diploma, and the medallist pin obtained in the 58kg weightlifting event withdrawn and is ordered to return same.
4.) The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
5.) The Ukrainian Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
6.) This decision enters into force immediately.
