Russian biathlete Ustyugov was stripped of his gold and bronze medals at the Vancouver Olympics
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CAS rejected Evgeny Ustyugov's appeal and stripped him of his gold and bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The athlete was disqualified for 4 years due to anti-doping rule violations.
The court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the appeal of Russian biathlete Yevgeny Ustyugov in the case of anti-doping rule violation. The athlete was stripped of the gold and bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
This is stated in the message of the International Biathlon Union, reports UNN.
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According to the International Biathlon Union, the court of appeal of the court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the conclusions of the Anti-Doping Department, which found that Ustyugov committed an anti-doping rule violation based on anomalies found in his biological passport of the athlete.
Ustyugov was sentenced to a four-year suspension, and the court annulled all results between January 24, 2010 and his retirement at the end of the 2013/2014 season, including being stripped of the gold and bronze medals he won at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
In February, the CAS annulled all the athlete's results from 2010 to 2014, including the Sochi 2014 gold medal.Ustyugov can appeal this decision to the Swiss Federal Court (SFT), but such appeals are allowed only on narrow procedural grounds.
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Ustyugov-two-time world junior champion, 2010 Olympic champion in the mass start and bronze medalist in the 4x7.5 km relay,Honored Master of sports of Russia (2010), winner of 3 World Cup stages, winner of the Small World Cup in the mass start (2009-2010), two-time silver medalist of the 2011 World Championship, two-time vice-champion of Europe.Ustyugov won a gold medal at the 2014 Olympics, but was found guilty of doping (oxandrolone), so all his results from August 27, 2013 to the end of the 2013-2014 Cup were annulled.
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