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IOC 2016 IOC vs Intigam Zairov (London Olympiad)
January 17, 2017
Mr. Intigam Zairov is a Azerbaijani Athlete competing in the Men’s 85kg weightlifting event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
He 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 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 submitted that he waived his right to be heard and he did not file a statement in his defence.
With the positive test results the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides on 29 August 2016 that the Athlete Intigam Zairov:
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 all the Men’s 85kg weightlifting event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008.
3.) The IWF 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 the Azerbaijani Republic shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
5.) This decision enters into force immediately.
Hereafter the Athlete’s samples provided at the London 2012 Olympic Games also tested positive for the prohibited substance turinabol. On 10 January 2017 the IOC Disciplinary Commission sanctioned the Athlete for this second anti-doping violation.
