Belarusian weightlifter gets four-year doping ban
20:31, 19 June 2012
MINSK. June 19. KAZINFORM 30-year-old Belarusian weightlifter Mikhail Avdeyev who clinched bronze in the 2012 European Championships in the 105kg weight category in April, has been suspended for four years after he tested positive for a banned substance, Turkey, BelTA said.
The athlete will not be able to compete until 14 April 2016.
At the competitions in Turkey Belarus took the only medal, bronze by Mikhail Avdeyev who lifted a total of 395kg (180kg in the snatch + 215kg in the clean and jerk). Because of the Belarusian's disqualification the bronze went to 23-year-old Sergei Tagirov of Ukraine who took the fourth place, lifting 390kg (180+210).
The Belarusian Weightlifting Union will have to pay $5,500 in fines.