On the evening of April 22, Beijing time, Russian media reported that 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics biathlete Volkov has been banned for two years because of doping violations, and the Olympic gold medal he won has also been confiscated.
The results of the doping test, which had been sealed for 8 years, were opened like Pandora's box. Volkov's ban is not an isolated case.
The Russian media wondered why the same doping test sample declared Volkov to test negative, but the results recorded in the database were positive!
Moreover, Volkov's ban is definitely not an isolated incident!
The 33-year-old Volkov is a biathlon star, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he and his teammates Marshenko, Usteyogov and Spring worked together to cross the finish line first in the cheers of the home audience, winning this precious gold medal for the Russian delegation.
In fact, in recent years, Volkov has gradually retired, and the gold medal at the 2017 World Championships is the last time he has stood on the podium of an international competition so far.
The achievement of Volkov's achievements is also accompanied by a certain controversy. Back in March 2013, Volkov was found to be tested for doping and the illicit substance fenoterol, which has a bronchodilatory effect and is used to rapidly relieve asthma symptoms.
For the positive doping test, Volkov gave the explanation that he had suffered from severe asthma since he was a child: "At the age of 2, I was diagnosed with asthma, and since then, I have had to take regular medication. I've tried to take medication for a while before the game! ”
As for why it is still necessary to take medicine for many years today, Volkov explained: "You can't let me carry an oxygen tank and a spray in my hand during the game!" ”
In the end, the World Anti-Doping Organization did not punish Volkov. The team doctor of the Russian biathlon national team also said that he needs to be responsible for this, and will then make a request to the World Anti-Doping Organization according to Volkov's situation, so that Volkov can obtain drug immunity.
Say it, do it. It turned out that the team doctor and Volkov did not submit drug exemptions to the World Anti-Doping Organization, but continued to secretly take the drug. Fortunately, at that time, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency announced that many athletes, including Volkov, had tested negative for doping.
8 years later, the East Window incident occurred, the World Anti-Doping Agency found that in the Russian database, Volkov's test results at that time were obviously positive, but the Russian side tampered with the results and lied to the outside world.
According to Russian media reports, Volkov is not the only one whose test results have been tampered with, and even the Russian media are worried about this, they ask: How many such discoveries will there be in the future?