IOC Sanctions Two Athletes for Falling Anti-doping Tests

The executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) convened on 15 Aug following the anti-doping violations committed by two athletes at the Beijing Olympic Games.
The IOC announced that shooter Jong Su Kim from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and artistic gymnast Thi Ngan Thuong Do from Vietnam have committed Anti-Doping Rules violations.
Jong Su Kim, 31, tested positive on 9 and 12 August for Propranolol while Thi Ngan Thuong Do, 19, tested positive on 10 August for Furosemide.
After having heard the report of the Disciplinary Commission, the IOC Executive Board decided:
The two athletes
- are excluded form the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008;
- shall have their Olympic identity and accreditation cards immediately withdrawn and cancelled;
- The NOC of their nations and BOCOG shall ensure full implementation of the decision;
- The decision shall enter into force immediately.
The decision also includes:
- Jong Su Kim is disqualified from the Men’s 10m Air Pistol, where he had placed third; and he is qualified from the Men’s 50m Pistol, where he placed second; he shall have his medals and diplomas in the above-noted events withdrawn;
- The International Shooting Sport Federation is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly and consider any further action within its won competence.
- The NOC of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is ordered to return to the IOC, as soon as possible, the medals and diplomas awarded to the Athlete in relation to the above-noted events;
- Thi Ngan Thuong Do is disqualified from the Women’s All-Around qualification for Artistic Gymnastics, where she had placed 59th;
- The International Gymnastics Federation is requested to modify the results of this event accordingly. The athlete’s file shall be transmitted to such International Federation, which is requested to consider any further action within its own competence.

Under the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, testing takes place under the IOC’s auspices from 27 July to 24 August. Within this period, the IOC systematically performs tests before and after events. After each event, the IOC systematically carries out test on the top five athletes plus two at random.
For the duration of the Beijing Olympic Games, the IOC will carry out 4,500 tests, of which around 700 to 800 will apply to urine EPO detection and 900 will be blood tests.
Until last Friday, 2,203 doping tests have been carried out in the framework of the largest ever testing programme for an Olympic Games.
The tests include pre-competition controls, which have proved to be decisive. Out of the 2,203 tests carried out so far, 1,250 were performed pre-competition: 800 urine and 450 blood tests.
The IOC Medical Commission is responsible for overseeing all doping control processes on-site, which are in full compliance with the IOC Anti-Doping Rules, the World Anti-Doping Code and the International Standard for Testing (ISO9001:2000).
The tests are being conducted at 41 doping control stations in all the venues of Beijing and other co-host cities, where blood and urine can be collected. Depending on the kind of test, the samples are being analysed in a period of between 24 and 72 hours only.


Data: Olympic News Service