Ms Klodiana Shala is an Albanian Athlete and member of the athletics team of the National Olympic Committee of Albania at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
In 2018, the International Olympic Committee (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 August 2019 the International Testing Agency (ITA), on behalf of the IOC, reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her 2012 sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol. After notification the Athlete failed to respond to any of the communications from the ITA and the IOC.
The IOC Disciplinary Commission finds that the test result established the presence of the prohibited substance in the Athlete’s sample and accordingly that the Athlete committed an anti-doping rule violation.
The Commission holds that use of this substance is clearly consistent with and indicative of the intentional use of Prohibited Substances specifically ingested to deliberately improve performance. The Athlete’s refusal to participate in these proceedings and to provide any explanation at this stage only reinforces a corresponding inference.
Therefore the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides on 19 February 2020 that the Athlete, Klodiana Shala:
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 of Prohibited Substances or their Metabolites or Markers in the Athlete’s bodily specimen),
2.) The IAAF is requested to consider any further action within its own competence.
3.) The National Olympic Committee of Albania shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
4.) The decision enters into force immediately.
