Ms Margaryta Tverdokhlib is an Ukrainian Athlete competing in the Women’s long jump event at the London 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 July 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 substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and stanozolol.
After notification the Athlete accepted the test results and she was heard for the IOC Disciplinary Commission. The Athlete admitted the violation and stated that she had purchased on the internet the prohibited susbstances in order to enhance her sport performances before the Olympic Games in 2012.
The IOC Discplinary Commission concludes that the Athlete committed two anti-doping rule violations under the Rules and decides on 10 November 2016 that the Athlete, Margaryta Tverdokhlib:
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 Prohibited Substances or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
2.) is disqualified from the Women’s long jump event in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012;
3.) The IAAF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
4.) The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
5.) This decision enters into force immediately.
