Mr. Oleksandr P'yatnytsya is an Ukrainian Athlete competing the javelin throw event in 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 his 2012 A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).
After notification the Athlete submitted that he accepted the test results, he waived his right to be heard and did not file a statement in his defence.
With the positive test results the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides on 8 August 2016 that the Athlete Oleksandr P'yatnytsya:
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 he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012, namely the javelin throw event, in which he placed 2nd and for which he was awarded the silver medal.
3.) has the silver medal, the medallist pin, and the diploma obtained in the javelin throw event withdrawn and is ordered to return same.
4.) The IAAF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
5.) The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
6.) The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine 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 javelin throw event to the Athlete.
7.) This decision enters into force immediately.
