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IOC 2012 IOC vs Soslan Tigiev (London Olympiad)
November 6, 2012
Mr. Soslan Tigiev is an Uzbek Athlete competing in the Men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event at the Beijng 2008 Olympic Games.
He also competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games were he was disqualified and excluded after he tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
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).
The Usbek National Olympic Committee informed the IOC that the Athlete had stopped his sport career, changed his citizenship and moved to another country. The FILA reported that the Athlete has moved to Russia. After notification the Athlete failed to respond.
The IOC Disciplinary Commission finds that the Athlete was duly notified and with the positive test results the Commission concludes that the Athlete has committed an anti-doping rule violation for the purpose of performance enhancement.
Therefore the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides on 19 October 2016 that the Athlete, Soslan Tigiev:
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 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008,
3.) has the medal, the medallist pin and diploma obtained in the Men’s 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
4.) The UWW is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
5.) The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
6.) The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan 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 66-74kg freestyle wrestling event to the Athlete.
7.) This decision enters into force immediately.
