Two Russian medalists at the Beijing Olympics failed doping tests

Testing of B-doping samples taken from Russian weightlifters Marina Shainova and Nadezhda Yevstyukhina at the 2008 Beijing Olympics confirmed their use of doping. This is reported by TASS with reference to the coach of Marina Shainova Vladimir Shainov.

According to him, Shainova's "B" sample gave a positive result for the drug turinabol. “Yevstyukhina has the same situation - everything was confirmed,” he said.

“Until they decide what to do next, Marina communicates with other athletes. No papers have yet been received on a further decision, but now, of course, the medal will be taken away and disqualified, ”said the coach. At the same time, Marina Shainova, according to him , ended her career in 2015 due to health problems.

• Marina Shainova won a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, Nadezhda Evstyukhina became a bronze medalist.
• In May 2016, it became known that the International Olympic Committee suspected 31 participants in the Beijing Olympics of doping, including 14 Russians. The names of these athletes were published by the Match-TV channel (they are not officially disclosed until the control samples are opened). Later it became known that eight Russian participants in the London 2012 Olympics were suspected of using illegal drugs.
• On June 3, the Russian Olympic Committee announced that the control tests of Denis Nizhegorodov (race walking) and Alexander Kornilov (racing) did not reveal doping. The results of the autopsy of the "B" samples of other Russian athletes are not yet known.
• The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fall of 2015 published a report that spoke about the widespread practice of taking banned substances in Russian sports. Due to a doping scandal, Russian athletes were suspended from competitions held by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
• In the spring of 2016, American media reported on an alleged doping cover-up program in the Russian national team that was used at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. After that, the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, did not rule out that if the accusations of the existence of a “doping program” in the Russian team were confirmed, athletes from the Russian Federation would not be allowed to participate in the 2016 Olympics.
• The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko said that the Russian team may not get to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, stressing that we are talking about "the worst-case scenario."