Hossein Saveh Shemshaki

After amila Valieva wound up in an international controversy over a failed drug test, it's been missed that Iranian skier Hossein Saveh Shemshakihas also found himself on the wring ebd of a dope test, dope !

Saveh Shemshaki became the first athlete to provide a positive test for doping at the 2022 Winter Olympics and subsequently suspended from competing, training, coaching or participating in any activity during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 per the ITA.

The sample was collected by the ITA under the testing authority and results management authority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during an out-of-competition anti-doping control on 7 February 2022 in Beijing, China," the organisation in charge of managing drugs testing at these Games said.

"The result was reported by the WADA-accredited laboratory of Beijing on 9 February 2022.

"The athlete has been informed of the case and has been provisionally suspended until the resolution of the matter in line with the World Anti-Doping Code and the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

"This means that the athlete is prevented from competing, training, coaching, or participating in any activity, during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022."

Shemshaki raced in slalom and giant slalom at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and four years later at Sochi, where he was Iran's flag bearer. He, along with female skier Atefeh Ahmadi, was one of two athletes set to represent Iran in these Games.

CAS said:

The Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) has issued a Partial Arbitral Award in the matter 2022/ADD/43(OG) International Olympic Committee (IOC) & Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) v. Hossein Saveh Shemshaki:

• Hossein Saveh Shemshaki is found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV)
pursuant to Article 2.1 of the IOC Anti-Doping Rules (IOC ADR) applicable to the Games of the
XXIV Olympiad Beijing 2022.
• Hossein Saveh Shemshaki is declared ineligible to compete in all competitions in which he has not
yet participated at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
• Hossein Saveh Shemshaki is excluded from the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and his
accreditation for the Olympic Games Beijing is withdrawn.
• Hossein Saveh Shemshaki is ordered to leave the Olympic Village within 24 hours of notification
of the CAS ADD Partial Arbitral Award.

On 7 February 2022 the Athlete underwent an out of competition doping control. On 9 February 2022, the
World Anti-Doping Agency WADA-accredited laboratory in Beijing, China, returned an Adverse Analytical
Finding (AAF) for an anabolic androgenic steroid (LTM M3 or “Oral Turinabol”) which is prohibited at all
times.

On 9 February 2022, the International Testing Agency (ITA), acting on behalf of the IOC, notified the Athlete
of the AAF and imposed a mandatory provisional suspension pursuant to Article 7.6.1 of the IOC ADR. The
B-sample analysis requested by the Athlete confirmed the A-sample analysis and on 12 February 2022, the
ITA asserted an ADRV against the Athlete under Article 2.1 of the IOC ADR. The same day, the Athlete
requested the case to be referred to the CAS ADD for determination.

The CAS ADD Sole Arbitrator appointed to decide the matter, Judge Martina Spreitzer-Kropiunik (Austria),
held a hearing at the CAS offices in Beijing on 14 February 2022 at 17:00 (Beijing-time). Representatives of
the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Ski Federation (FIS), the Athlete, and the
WADA Independent Observer Team and their witnesses attended the hearing by video-link.

Having considered the evidence placed before her, the Sole Arbitrator determined in the Partial Arbitral
Award that the Athlete had breached the IOC ADR in committing an ADRV. Turning to the consequences
in relation to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the Sole Arbitrator determined that as the Athlete did
not get to compete before the provisional suspension was imposed, there were no results to be disqualified
and the Athlete should be declared ineligible to compete in all competitions in which he had not yet
participated. Furthermore, the Athlete is excluded from the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and his
accreditation for the Olympic Games Beijing 2022 is withdrawn.

The proceedings shall continue between the FIS and the Athlete in regard to the consequences of the ADRV
which may be imposed on the Athlete beyond the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022