Ms. Nurcan Taylan 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 she did not accept the test results, she waived her right to be heard and did not file a statement in her defence.
With the positive test results the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides on 8 August 2016 that the Athlete Nurcan Taylan:
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 all the events in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, namely, the 48 kg weightlifting event.
3.) The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
4.). The Turkish Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
5.) This decision enters into force immediately.
