CAS 2017/0/5330 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) v. Russian Athletic Federation (RUSAF) & Alexander Pogorelov
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CAS 2017_O_5330 IAAF vs RusAF & Alexander Pogorelov
March 8, 2018
Mr. Alexander Pogorelov is a Russian Athlete competing the decathlon Athletics event in 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 his 2008 A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). After notification the Athlete failed to respond.
With the positive test results the IOC Disciplinary Commission finds that the Athlete has committed an anti-doping rule violation and decides on 15 August 2016 that the Athlete Alexander Pogorelov:
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 decathlon event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, and
3.) has the diploma obtained in the decathlon event withdrawn and is ordered to return same.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 Russian Olympic Committee shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
6.) The Russian Olympic Committee shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the diploma awarded in connection with the decathlon event to the Athlete.
7.) This decision enters into force immediately.
