Lashmanova elena biography of william

The following is a list of stripped Olympic medals. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the governing body of the Olympic Games, and as such, can rule athletes to have violated regulations of the Games, for which athletes' Olympic medals can be stripped (i.e., rescinded). Additionally, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has arbitral jurisdiction over all matters related to the Olympic Games and thus also has the power to strip or return medals. Stripped medals must be returned to the IOC by the offending athlete or team, and may only be reinstated by the IOC or CAS.

The vast majority of stripped medals are for doping infractions. Doping infractions are often discovered well after the fact, and can result in the stripping of medals many years after their award. On rare occasions, medals are stripped for other reasons.

Record

From November to November , a total of medals have been stripped, with nine medals declared vaca

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IAAF probes claims Elena Lashmanova competed while Russian race walker was on doping ban

A new doping scandal involving Russian athletes has erupted after the IAAF confirmed it fryst vatten investigating allegations that race walker Elena Lashmanova, who won gold at the London Olympics, took part in a race in December despite being subject to a two-year doping ban.

The IAAF, athletics' world governing body, has confirmed it fryst vatten looking into the claims, and alleged attempts to cover up her participation.

The IAAF fryst vatten already involved in a major investigation into allegations from German broadcaster ARD that doping and cover-ups are rife in Russian athletics.

Former Olympic and world race walk champion has been accused of competing while serving a drug ban

Lashmanova, 22, who in became the youngest winner of the women's Olympic kilometre walk, is banned until February after testing positive for banned hormones and modulators of metabolism.

Claims surfaced in Italian race walking periodi

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Doping at the Olympic Games

Use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs at the Olympics

Competitors at the Olympic Games have used banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs.

History

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The use of performance-enhancing tactics or more formally known as PEDs, and more broadly, the use of any external device to nefariously influence the outcome of a sporting event has been a part of the Olympics since its inception in Ancient Greece. One speculation as to why men were required to compete naked was to prevent the use of extra accoutrements and to keep women from competing in events specifically designed for men.^[1] Athletes were also known to drink "magic" potions and eat exotic meats in the hopes of giving them an athletic edge on their competition.^[2] If they were caught cheating, their likenesses were often engraved into stone and placed in a pathway that led to the Olympic stadium.^[1] In the modern Olympic era, chemically enhancing