Jelena £ aszmanowa, known to die-hard fans of athletics for gold medals in London and the 2013 world championship in 20 km walk, does not have the aforementioned titles. The Russian woman was unsuccessful because it was discovered that she was using a prohibited substance.
The second Olympic champion cheering up. Russian woman deprived of gold medals
The penalty was announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). It is an independent international organization that was established to combat doping in the country. The allegations were made thanks to the analysis of laboratory data and the investigation of Richard McLaren into the Russian scandal.
– Łaszmanowa accepted the imposed penalty, including the cancellation of the results achieved by her between February 18, 2012 and January 3, 2014 – we read in the AIU statement. It is also known that the 29-year-old was disqualified for two years.
The situation is so bizarre that the Russian athlete was caught doping for the second time in her career. The positive result of the anti-doping test from 2014 in the period of preparation for the season was confirmed. Then she was disqualified for 24 months for using the forbidden endurobol.
At the 2012 Olympics, the Russians enjoyed two medals in the 20 km walk. Apart from the gold from aszman, the silver was won by Olga Kaniskina. Now they both do not have these successes on their account. The latter was stripped of the pulley earlier. A similar case concerns the 2013 World Cup. Then Anisja Kirdiapkina stood on the podium next to Jelena Łasmanowa. And she was also stripped of a medal.
After the Russian women are disqualified, the medals from London will go to three Chinese women. Gold for Qieyang Shenjie, silver for Liu Hong, and bronze for Lu Xiuzhi. The M¦ podium from 2013 is also almost completely changing. The title of the champion will go to Chinese Liu Hong (she was originally bronzed), her compatriot Sun Huanhuan will be second and the lowest step on the podium will be Italian Elisa Rigaudo.
Source: Sport
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