The 2012 Olympic silver medallist within the 800m, Ekaterina Guliyeva, might lastly must relinquish her medal, based on a report in Russia’s Sport-Specific.ru and InsideTheGames.com. Guliyeva completed third within the race, behind her compatriot, Mariya Savinova, and South Africa’s Caster Semenya, however was upgraded to silver (and Semenya to gold) when Savinova was discovered responsible of doping. Guliyeva was additionally discovered to have been doping on the 2012 Video games, and has been given a two-year competitors ban by the Russian athletics federation, efficient till March 27, 2026.
Poistogova-Guliyev might lose Olympic medal in historic doping case
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On the time, Guliyeva competed utilizing her first husband’s identify (Poistogova). In 2015 she was suspended, with all outcomes from July 17, 2012 to Oct. 20, 2014 disqualified. However she appealed her case to the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which, in 2017, upheld the two-year ban, however declined to make it retroactive to 2012.
In 2019, Guliyeva married 2017 200m world champion Ramil Guliyev, who was born in Azerbaijan however competed for Turkey, and finally turned a Turkish citizen. She turned pregnant, travelling freely to meets with him as a spectator, giving start to a daughter in 2020. At Tokyo 2020, Russian athletes might solely compete as impartial athletes, however now, Guliyeva might compete for Turkey. She had been coaching and competing in Turkey, with a view to qualifying for the Paris Olympics in 2024; the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) will determine whether or not she will get to maintain her medal.
Russian doping ban lifted, however Ukraine battle retains athletes out
If Guliyeva’s 2012 result’s disqualified, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya might be declared the silver medallist and Alysia Montaño of the U.S. might be upgraded to bronze.
Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from World Athletics occasions.
