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CAS 2016/A/4746 Sibel Özkan Kanak vs IOC
November 21, 2016
Ms. Sibel Özkan is a Turkish Athlete competing the 48kg Weightlifting event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In 2016, the IOC decided to perform further analyses on certain samples collected during the 2008 Olympic Games. These additional analyses were performed with analytical methods which were not available in 2008.
In May 2016 the International Olympic Committee reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her 2008 A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance stanozolol.
After notification the Athlete submitted that in 2007 and 2008 she had been subject to various doping controls and denied the intentional use of the prohibited substance. She argued that she did nothing wrong and considered that she did not deserve any sanctions or penalties.
The IOC Disciplinary Commission finds that the Athlete has committed an anti-doping rule violation with the intentional use of a prohibited substance and decides on 21 July 2016 that the Athlete Sibel Özkan:
1.) is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 (presence and/or use, of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
2.) is disqualified from the events in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, namely, the 48kg weightlifting event, and
3.) has the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma obtained in the 48kg weightlifting event (Final) withdrawn and is ordered to return same.
4.) The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
5.) The Turkish Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
6.) The Turkish Olympic Committee shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma awarded in connection with the 48kg weightlifting event (Final) to the Athlete.
7.) This decision enters into force immediately.
