Olympic volleyball champion Dmitry Ilinykh banned for two years for doping
Olympic volleyball champion Dmitry Ilyinykh has been banned for two years for violating anti-doping rules. This was announced to RIA Novosti by the Secretary General of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VVF) Alexander Yaremenko.
The suspension lasts from January 13, 2023 until January 12, 2025. Yaremenko said that the athlete was on the list of the informant of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Grigory Rodchenkov. He emphasized that Ilyinykh would not be deprived of the medal of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, since the sample, due to which the punishment was imposed, was taken at the Russian Championship in 2013.
In October 2021, Russian volleyball player Dmitry Musersky was disqualified for doping. He said that he was caught doping in 2013, but the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) hid this result from both him and WADA.
Rodchenkov fled to the US in 2015 and became a WADA informant. Rodchenkov’s testimony served as the basis for Richard McLaren’s report, which spoke of the existence in Russia of a state doping support system. As a result of the investigation, a number of Russian athletes faced disqualifications, annulment of results and deprivation of awards.
Source: Lenta
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