The Sanctions Thread

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New cases (?)
HAMADA Mohammed PLE - methasterone (Superdrol or methyldrostanolone), likely an in competition test at 2022 Junior Worlds.
Improved from 310@96 to 361 @ 102 in 1 year, not a surprise.

ABBASPOOR Alireza IRI - Heptaminol. Really? I can't see how this would be useful in weightlifting.
Peripheral vasoconstriction and cardiac stimulation would not be useful in weightlifting. Is this a case of not putting in a TUE?
Possibly a metabolite after using octodrine (stimulant)? Stimulants in weightlifting comp are dumb anyway.

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Not news at all, but after the AWC I looked up Man Asaad from Syria (SHW) - he was already positive for dianabol as a 16y old.

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Not news at all, but after the AWC I looked up Man Asaad from Syria (SHW) - he was already positive for dianabol as a 16y old.

I think I've seen and forgotten this before.

A lifter with what seems like no real institutional support, coming from a poor and currently war-struck country, lifting with the very best. Not surprising. What's more surprising to me then is that he hasn't tested positive again. I reckon he cycled off earlier for the 2021 Olympics than for the other competitions.

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New old shit from Russian LIMS case, sanctioning decisions have been finalised.
Samples from Feb and March 2012. All charged as "Art 2.2 - Use (LIMS)"
All bracketed words below are my own annotations.

Dmitriy Klokov (usually spelled as Dmitry, as he personally romanises it.)
9 February 2012
Period of Ineligibility of 4 years
12 May 2023 to 11 May 2027
Disqualification of results
9 February 2012 to 12 May 2023

Svetlana Tzarukaeva (usually Tsarukaeva as she personally romanises it.)
11 February 2012
Period of Ineligibility of 2 years
7 February 2022 to 6 February 2024
Disqualification of results
11 February 2012 to 7 February 2022

Natalia Zabolotnaya
11 February 2012
Period of Ineligibility of 2 years
7 February 2022 to 6 February 2024
Disqualification of results
11 February 2012 to 7 February 2022

Olga Zubova
11 February 2012
Period of Ineligibility of 2 years
27 November 2023 to 26 November 2025
Disqualification of results
11 February 2012 to 7 February 2022

Apti Aukhadov
17 March 2012
Period of Ineligibility of 1 year & 6 months
7 February 2022 to 6 August 2023
Disqualification of results
17 March 2012 to 7 February 2022

Alexey Kosov (retired)
17 March 2012
Disqualification of results
17 March 2012 to 7 March 2022

[Hawkpeter]

So, I guess Ivan Markov will rejoice in now being the 2013 World Champion at 85kg. Right?

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New provisional suspensions, not yet finalised.
{Brackets} indicate my own personal comments

AMANOVA Medine TKM
Art. 2.1 – Presence of Methasterone metabolites
Dated 11 April 2023
{Presumably OOC prior to 2023 Youth Worlds, also competed at Asians as W64}


RANAIVOSOA CORET Marie Hanitra MRI
{Listed as RANAIVOSOA Marie Hanitra Roilya on the IWF database}
Art. 2.2 - Use (Sample Swapping) and Art. 2.5 (Tampering)
Dated 25 March 2016
{OOC test before African Champs or after 2015 Worlds? She has competed a looooot since that sample was taken.}

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Weird, after seven years.

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Yep, a few weird details about this.

Mauritius producing positive tests is definitely not weird given their history of drug use, with limited success.

It's weird that it's just one result that appears proximal to Mauritius' selection event for African Championships (dated 19 March 2016).



My guess is retesting the sample prior to statute of limitations produced this result. Maybe comparing biological passport details found a urine swap. She's also coached by Constantin Urdas, the Romanian coach who also works with Loredana Toma.

[Hawkpeter]

Yep, a few weird details about this.

Mauritius producing positive tests is definitely not weird given their history of drug use, with limited success.

It's weird that it's just one result that appears proximal to Mauritius' selection event for African Championships (dated 19 March 2016).



My guess is retesting the sample prior to statute of limitations produced this result. Maybe comparing biological passport details found a urine swap. She's also coached by Constantin Urdas, the Romanian coach who also works with Loredana Toma.

Talk about stories within a story.

The word 'random' has been taken hostage by millennials but this positive is totes random. If ITA are using biological passport data in cross-referencing in a more comprehensive way since the are we about to see a wave of positives in the next year?

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Yep, a few weird details about this.

Mauritius producing positive tests is definitely not weird given their history of drug use, with limited success.

It's weird that it's just one result that appears proximal to Mauritius' selection event for African Championships (dated 19 March 2016).

My guess is retesting the sample prior to statute of limitations produced this result. Maybe comparing biological passport details found a urine swap. She's also coached by Constantin Urdas, the Romanian coach who also works with Loredana Toma.

Talk about stories within a story.

The word 'random' has been taken hostage by millennials but this positive is totes random. If ITA are using biological passport data in cross-referencing in a more comprehensive way since the are we about to see a wave of positives in the next year?

It could also be a pre-Rio OOC test.

A lot of recent sanctions have been from old samples/ADRVs so I would suspect yes, reanalysis prior to statute of limitations (taking into account time for legal processing) for pre-Rio samples and any samples in a similar timeframe will likely bring many positives.