Kazakh weightlifters successfully passed doping-test before Rio Olympics
15:03, 5 August 2016
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Eight weightlifters of Kazakhstan will compete at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Kazinform reports citing Sports.kz. These are:
Women
Margarita Yelisseyeva (up to 48 kg) - 191 kg
Karina Gorichyova (up to 63 kg) - 251 kg
Zhazira Zhapparkul (up to 69 kg) - 261 kg
Men
Arli Chontei (up to 56 kg) - 286 kg
Farkhad Kharki (up to 62 kg) - 321 kg
Nizhat Rakhimov (up to 77 kg) - 367 kg
Denis Ulanov (up to 85 kg) - 390 kg
Alexander Zaichikov (up to 105 kg) - 418 kg
Earlier Kazinform reported that the National Olympic Committee and the National Weightlifting Federation had initiated an additional doping test for the weightlifters, whose blood samples were examined at a Dresden-based independent laboratory accredited by the WADA. As per the test results, all the athletes are ‘clean' and are allowed to join the Olympic Games 2016.