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IOC 2016 IOC vs Khadzhimurat Akkaev (London Olympiad)
March 15, 2017
Mr Khadzhimurat Akkaev is a Russian Athlete competing in the Men’s 94 kg weightlifting event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The Athlete also competed at the London 2012 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 July 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 10 November 2016 that the Athlete Khadzhimurat Akkaev:
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 Men’s 94 kg weightlifting event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
3.) has the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma obtained in the Men’s 94 kg weightlifting event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
4.) The IWF 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 medal, the medallist pin and the diploma awarded in connection with the Men’s 94 kg weightlifting event to the Athlete.
7.) This decision enters into force immediately.
In December 2016 the IOC reported a new anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after reanalysis of the Athlete's London 2012 sample tested positive for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and the Athlete was sanctioned by the IOC Disciplinary Commission.
