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World Athletics 2021 WA vs Kirill Ikonnikov
June 9, 2022
Mr. Kirill Ikonnikov is a Russian Athlete competing in the Men’s hammer throw 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 May 2016 the International Olympic Committee reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his 2012 A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). 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. The fact that the metabolite of a doping substance, which is a “classical” doping substance, was found, supports this consideration.
Therefore the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides on 19 October 2016 that the Athlete, Kirill Ikonnikov:
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 event in which he participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012, namely the Men’s hammer throw event, in which he ranked 5th and for which he was awarded a diploma,
3.) has the diploma obtained in the Men’s hammer throw event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
4.) The IAAF 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 diploma awarded in connection with the Men’s hammer throw event to the Athlete.
7.) This decision enters into force immediately.
