Armenia’s Hripsime Khurshudyan stripped of 2012 Olympic bronze

Hripsime Khurshudyan of Armenia, competing in the women’s +75kg weightlifting event in which she ranked 3rd and for which she was awarded a bronze medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games London 2012, Press Service of the International Olympic Committee reports.

Re-analysis of Khurshudyan’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and stanozolol.

The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Mr Denis Oswald (Chairman), Mrs Gunilla Lindberg and Mr Ugur Erdener, decided the following:

1. The Athlete, Hripsime Khurshudyan:
   1. is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 (presence and/or use of Prohibited Substances or its Metabolites or Markers in an athlete’s bodily specimen),
   2. is disqualified from the event in which she participated upon the occasion of the Olympic Games London 2012, namely the women’s +75kg weightlifting event, in which she ranked 3rd and for which she was awarded a bronze medal,
   3. has the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma obtained in the women’s +75kg weightlifting event withdrawn and is ordered to return the same.
2. The IWF is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.
3. The National Olympic Committee of Armenia shall ensure full implementation of this decision.
4. The National Olympic Committee of Armenia shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the medal, the medallist pin and diploma awarded in connection with the women’s +75kg weightlifting event to the Athlete.
5. This decision enters into force immediately.