The International Testing Agency (ITA) has reasserted anti-doping violations against 13 weightlifters after another examination of samples collected nearly 10 years ago.
The samples in question were provided by weightlifters during the 2012 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) European Championships.
Initially they were all reported as “negative”, but due to advancements in testing procedures and detection methods, the ITA requested another analysis to detect several banned anabolic steroids.
The tests were conducted by a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in Germany and the ITA has notified the weightlifters of their new findings.
The identities of the 13 weightlifters are: Hysen Pulaku (Albania), Hanna Batsiushka (Belarus), Dimitris Minasidis (Cyprus), Irakli Turmanidze (Georgia), Rauli Tsirekidze (Georgia), Cristina Iovu (Moldova), Florin Ionut Croitoru (Romania), Razvan Constantin Martin (Romania), Oxana Slivenko (Russia), Gokhan Kilic (Turkey), Bunyami Sezer (Turkey), Hatice Yilmaz (Turkey) and Fatih Baydar (Turkey). They have all been provisionally suspended pending resolution of the matter.
No other comment from the ITA will be forthcoming during the proceeding. All 13 of the weightlifters have the right to ask for their respective B-sample analysis.
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