Helsinki 2005 Re-tests reveal six adverse findings

\"The IAAF’s message to cheaters is increasingly clear that, with constant advancements being made in doping detection, there is no place to hide,\" confirmed IAAF President Lamine Diack. \"This re-testing is just the latest example of the IAAF’s firm resolve to expose cheating in our sport. The IAAF will continue to do everything in its power to ensure the credibility of competition, and where the rules have been broken, will systematically uncover the cheats.\" The six adverse findings involving Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR), Ivan TSIKHAN (BLR), Vadim DEVYATOVSKIY (BLR), Tatyana KOTOVA (RUS), Nazdeya OSTAPCHUK (BLR), and Olga KUZENKOVA (RUS) have resulted in the initiation of disciplinary procedures which are currently ongoing in accordance with IAAF Rules. The IAAF will not make any further comment until the completion of those proceedings. Ostapchuk was also disqualified from the Olympic Games in London in 2012. That case is dealt with by the IAAF together with the adverse findings in 2005. Two of the athletes are most likely to be suspended for life as this was their second Anti-Doping Rule Violation. In the Anti-Doping Database we have registered that Vadim Devyatovskiy tested positive for Nandrolone at the Sydney Olympic Summer Games in 2000 and was suspended for two year and that Andrei Mikhnevich tested positive for Gonadotrophins at the 2001 Edmonton IAAF World Championship and was suspended for two years.