LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — An Olympic disciplinary panel says “powerful” evidence proved that two-time bobsled gold medalist Aleksandr Zubkov took part in the Sochi Winter Games doping conspiracy.
In its full decision published on Thursday of a Nov. 24 verdict, the IOC disciplinary panel chaired by Denis Oswald detailed why it disqualified Zubkov and banned him for life from the Olympics.
The verdicts states one sample had “an abnormally high level of salt” and two scratched bottles were tampered with.
Laboratory staff added salt to clean stored urine that was swapped in for steroid-tainted samples during the Olympics.