Russian Olympic champions Andrei Silnov and Natalya Antyukh have every been banned for 4 years for doping offenses, the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport mentioned Wednesday.
Silnov and Antyukh have been each charged final 12 months with utilizing or making an attempt to make use of a prohibited substance or methodology. The costs stemmed from a World Anti-Doping Company investigation into Russian doping in 2016.
Silnov received gold within the excessive leap on the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Antyukh received the title within the 400-meter hurdles on the 2012 London Video games. She additionally received bronze within the 400 and silver within the 4×400 relay in 2004. They’ll hold their Olympic medals.
Neither athlete has competed since 2016, however Silnov was the senior vice chairman of the Russian monitor federation till June 2019, when he stepped down citing an investigation by the Athletics Integrity Unit into his conduct.
CAS didn’t instantly say when the verdicts have been handed down or give particulars on the circumstances. They have been revealed in a quick abstract of varied circumstances and appeals regarding 12 Russians.
Yelena Soboleva, who received a world indoor championship silver medal in 2006, was banned for eight years and hammer thrower Oksana Kondratyeva, who was disqualified from fifth place on the 2013 world championships, was banned for 4 years.
CAS additionally diminished the size of bans for 4 Russians, together with excessive jumper Ivan Ukhov. His ban was reduce from 4 years to 2 years, 9 months. The ruling doesn’t reverse an earlier determination in a doping case to strip Ukhov of the 2012 Olympic excessive leap gold.