Two athletes entered to compete in the swimming competition of Tokyo 2020 have been provisionally suspended, following the assertion of anti-doping rule violations (ADRV’s), and a procedure is now on-going. The athletes are Alexandr KUDASHEV (ROC) and Veronika ANDRUSENKO (ROC).
The ADRVs were asserted on the basis
of evidence supplied by WADA, and stemming from WADA’s examination of materials
recovered from the former Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, including the
Laboratory Information Management System.
“FINA is grateful to WADA for its
diligence in helping to ensure clean competition at Tokyo 2020,” said FINA
President Husain Al-Musallam. “As a proud signatory of the WADA Code, we have
followed up quickly and carefully to process the information supplied as a
result of the work of WADA’s Investigations and Intelligence unit. FINA remains
fully committed to protecting clean athletes and promoting clean competition at
Tokyo 2020, just as we do for all the events on our calendar.”
FINA’s out of competition testing and
test distribution planning are handled by the International Testing Agency,
which also handles the Tokyo 2020 anti-doping programme on behalf of the IOC.
FINA is thankful for the ITA’s efforts which have ensured that, despite the
circumstances of the pandemic, an effective volume and targeting of
out-of-competition testing has been maintained in the lead-up to the Olympic
Games.
Fédération Internationale de Natation
(FINA)
The Fédération Internationale de
Natation, founded in 1908, is the governing body for aquatics worldwide. FINA's
five discipline Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Artistic
Swimming - are all included in the Olympic programme. High Diving made its
first appearance in FINA events at the 2013 FINA World Championships. FINA
counts 209 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its
headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).
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