Doping sample of 2012 Olympics champion Beloborodova (Lysenko) come back positive during verification - media
MOSCOW. May 29 (Interfax) - Tatyana Beloborodova (Lysenko), 2012 Olympics hammer throwing champion, is among the athletes whose Sample A tested positive for doping during verification through the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Sport-Express has reported.
The paper recalls that Beloborodova (Lysenko) already had problems associated with the opening of her old test samples: her test sample from the 2005 World Championship, where she won a bronze, also came back positive. But the test sample was opened after the eight-year storage period had expired and the athlete was not punished.
In 2007-2009, Beloborodova (Lysenko) served disqualification for the use of a prohibited substance and could not partiicate in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Beloborodova (Lysenko), an honored master of sports of Russia, is a 2011 and 2013 world champion, a 2006 European champion and a former world champion. She won the 2012 Olympics in London, setting an Olympic record.
In August 2012, Beloborodova (Lysenko) was awarded the Order of Friendship for her :bi contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the 30th 2012 Olympics in London."
The 32-year-old athlete has now ended her career.
It was reported on Saturday that the IOC had notified the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) that eight doping samples of Russian athletes who participated in the London Olympics had come back positive.
"The IOC has officially notified the Russian Olympic Committee that eight Samples A of Russian athletes in three sports taken during the 2012 Olympics in London had come back positive after verification among athletes from other countries," the ROC said in a report posted on its website.
"The Russian Olympic Committee will provide the IOC with information on which athletes from the list will be present at the opening and testing of Sample B along with IOC officials," the report says.
"In accordance with the IOC anti-doping rules and the World Anti-Doping Code, the names of the athletes are not disclosed before the results of the opening of Sample B are announced and an official disciplinary procedure begins," the ROC said.