Russian Paralympian stripped of medals 11 years after doping violation

Russian Paralympian stripped of medals 11 years after doping violation

Russian Paralympian Nikolay Polukhin has been stripped of medals for violating anti-doping rules – 11 years after he won them at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. The International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) independent anti-doping tribunal found Para-biathlon athlete Polukhin provided urine samples that had been tampered with during the Games, an event overshadowed by Russian state-sponsored doping. DNA evidence showed that Polukhin provi…

Sochi 2014 Paralympian Nikolay Polukhin Stripped of Medals

IPC tribunal upholds anti-doping violation for Russian Para athlete Nikolay Polukhin from Sochi 2014, resulting in disqualification and medal forfeiture.

Russian Paralympian Nikolai Polukhin has been handed a medal suspension for violating anti-doping rules — 11 years after he won them at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. The independent anti-doping tribunal of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) found that para-biathlon athlete Polukhin provided urine samples that had been falsified during the Games, an event overshadowed by Russian state doping. DNA evidence showed that Polukchin p…

IPC Panel Finds Russian Paralympian Guilty Of Doping, 10 Years After Sochi Winter Games On Cricketnmore

Olympic Winter Games Sochi: The Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has found Para cross country and Para biathlon athlete Nikolay Polukhin of Russia committed an anti-doping rule violation at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.