Georgian Powerlifter Suspended after Anti-Doping Rule Violation at the Paralympic Games

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Georgian Powerlifter Shota Omarashvili has been suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. 08 Sep 2012
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This substance is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2012 Prohibited List under the category S1b. Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids when administered exogenously and is consequently prohibited under the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

Omarashvili returned an adverse analytical finding for Anabolic Androgenic Steroids in a urine sample provided on 27 August 2012 in an out of competition test prior to the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

This substance is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2012 Prohibited List under the category S1b. Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids when administered exogenously and is consequently prohibited under the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

In accordance with the IPC Anti-Doping Code, Shota Omarashvili will serve a two year suspension for the offence beginning on 6 September 2012; the date from which he was notified of his Anti-Doping Rule Violation. All results obtained from 27 August, the date of the test and onwards, will be disqualified with all the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

This includes his result from competing in the men's -60kg powerlifting event at London 2012. In that event Omarashvili failed to complete a lift.

A financial sanction of 1,500 Euros was also imposed on the athlete.

The principle of strict liability applies to anti-doping matters. Therefore, each athlete is strictly liable for the substances found in his or her sample, and that an anti-doping rule violation occurs whenever a prohibited substance (or its metabolites or markers) is found in his or her bodily specimen, whether or not the athlete intentionally or unintentionally used a prohibited substance or was negligent or otherwise at fault.

As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC), the IPC remains committed to a doping free sporting environment at all levels. The IPC, together with the International Federations and the National Paralympic Committees, established the IPC Anti-Doping Code to prevent doping in sport for Paralympic athletes, in the spirit of fair play. The IPC Anti-Doping Code is in conformity with the general principles of the WADC.

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