Mr. Johannes Duerr is an Austrian Athlete participating in the Men’s 15km + 15km Skiathlon event at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
On 22 February 2014 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO).
After notification the Athlete was provisional suspendended. The Athlete waived his right to attend the hearing of the IOC Disciplinary Commission nor did he file a statement in his defence. In Addition the Athlete made statements in the press in which he admitted the use of erythropoetin prior to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Based on the above, the Disciplinary Commission unanimously concluded that the Athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to Article 2.1 of the World Anti-Doping Code, (hereafter the “Code”) and Articles 2 and 12 of the Rules, in that there was the presence of the prohibited substance, EPO, in his body. As a consequence, the Disciplinary Commission considers that the Athlete should be disqualified from all events at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Therefore the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides that the Athlete Mr Johannes Duerr:
1.) is disqualified from the Men’s 15km + 15km Skiathlon event where he placed 8th;
2.) shall have his diploma in the above-mentioned event withdrawn;
3.) is excluded from the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014;
4.) The Austrian Olympic Committee is ordered to return to the IOC, as soon as possible, the diploma awarded to the Athlete;
5.) The International Ski Federation is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence;
6.) The IOC administration is requested to reallocate the diploma withdrawn from the athlete in accordance with the new ranking provided by the International Ski Federation; and
7.) This decision shall enter into force immediately.
