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MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. /TASS/. The Appeals Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland has rejected Russian biathlete Yevgeny Ustyugov’s appeal not to strip him of the two medals he won at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, the press office of the Biathlon Integrity Unit (BIU) announced in a statement on Tuesday.
“The Biathlon Integrity Unit (BIU) and the International Biathlon Union (IBU) welcome the decision issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the Biological Passport case of former athlete Yevgeny Ustyugov,” the statement reads. “The CAS Appeals Division has upheld the findings of the Anti-Doping Division (ADD) of CAS, which determined that Ustyugov committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) based on anomalies identified in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP).”
“Following this finding, Ustyugov has been sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility. Additionally, all competitive results achieved by Mr Ustyugov between 24 January 2010, and his retirement at end of the 2013/2014 season are invalidated, including any associated medals, points and prizes,” according to the BIU.
“This includes results achieved at the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010, where he had been awarded the gold medal in the mass start and the bronze in the men’s relay,” the statement added.