The Russian Nikolay Polukhin Paralympian was stripped of medals for anti -doping rules – 11 years after winning the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The Independent Anti -Doping Court of the ICRC (IPC) and Bulukin samples, which were tampered with during the games, found an event overwhelmed by the Russian state sponsored.
DNA evidence showed that Polokin presented the “clean” urine during the games that could be “replaced” with samples that would test positively to Trimetazidine (TMZ).
TMZ is a drug that increases blood flow to the heart and stimulates glucose metabolism, which can improve endurance.
The forensic analysis of the sample bottle showed “scratches, marks, and a toothpick, urine residue that could have been caused by someone, then reopen, then repeat the sample bottle.”
The court said that the urine analysis conducted in 2018 showed that urine formation had changed since the 2014 analysis by the Sochi Laboratory.
Polukhin, 42, will lose his gold medal from the visual competition of men with a length of 15 km from the same event at a speed of 7.5 km and 12.5 km.
The court found that the athlete's behavior during the 2014 Sochi Winter Disabled Games was “particularly terrible” and “heavily undermined the integrity of the event.”
He said that Polukhin did not provide “any logical or reasonable explanation” for evidence to switch the sample with his urine.
Bulukhin submitted an appeal against the arbitration court decision, but this was withdrawn earlier this month after failing to pay costs.
The court made its decision on September 25, 2024, but under the rules it was unable to reveal the decision until the completion of the appeal process.
“The decision of this issue draws a line under what was a long -term process in potential violations to combat doping by Russian athletes in the 2014 Sochi Games of the Winter Disabled.”
IPC confirmed to BBC Sport that there are no other investigations related to Sochi 2014.
