(Dagbladet): The months leading up to the Rio Olympics have been littered with doping revelations.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has disqualified and banned a number of athletes after retesting their blood samples taken during the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Despite all this, it is the McLaren report, which proved that Russian athletes have been part of a state sponsored doping program on a massive scale, that has shocked the world to it’s core.
The World Anti Doping Agency, Wada, wanted to ban Russia from the Olympics on the basis of the McLaren report, but wasn’t heard in the IOC. Instead, the IOC passed the decision making over to each individual sporting federation, a move that hasn’t left the IOC President Thomas Bach unscathed.
The International Associaton of Athletics Federation (IAAF), however, decided to ban all Russian athletes from the competitions, while other federations welcomed Russian participation.
When the number of Russian participants were counted late Thursday, 271 Russian athletes were cleared for competition in Rio. Despite all controversy, Russia will still hold one of the largest contingencies of the Olympic Games.
The Executive Committee in the IOC, backtracking from not banning Russia from the Olympics, has, however, decided to ban all Russian athletes who had previous convictions for doping violations.
Unfortunately, that decision is no guarantee that the rest of the 11 000 athletes competing in Rio are clean.
Dagbladet has cross checked all participating athletes in Rio with the official list of doping offenders, sanctioned in some form for their offence.
Barring athletes who were publicly warned, we found 101 athletes competing in Rio with a previous ban for doping violations. That amounts to one percent of the total number of athletes in the Olympics.
We cannot rule out that there are more.
This is the list of the athletes we found:
Bans ranging from one month to four years after a positive doping test:
Ahmad Hazer, Libya, Athletics, 2013
Alessandra Aguilar, Spain, Athletics, 2011
Alexandr Spac, Moldova, Weight Lifting, 2013
Alexandr Zaichikov, Kazakhstan, Weight Lifting, 2013
Andrea Baldini, Italy, fencing, 2008
Andres Silva, Uruguay, Athletics, 2015
Asafa Powell, Jamaica, Athletics, 2013
Bobby Lea, USA, Cycling, 2015
Briken Calja, Albania, Weight Lifting, 2013
Bruno de Barros, Brasil, Athletics, 2009
Darya Pachabut, Belarus, Weight Lifting, 2012
Daynara de Paula, Brasil, Swimming, 2010
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greece, Athletics, 2012
Eric Lamaze, Canada, Equestrianism, 1996 and 2000
Erik Tysse, Norway, Athletics, 2010
Esref Apak, Turkey, Athletics, 2013
Estela Garcia, Spain, Athletics, 2011
Femi Ogunode, Qatar, Athletics, 2012
Flavia Oliveira, Brasil, Cycling, 2009
Fränk Schleck, Luxembourg, Cycling, 2012
Frederick Bousquet, France, Swimming, 2010
Furkan Sen, Turkey, Athletics, 2013
Geno Petriashvili, Georgia, Wrestling, 2013
Gladys Tejeda, Peru, Athletics, 2015
Gor Minasyan, Armenia, Weight Lifting, 2013
Gurpreet Singh, India, Weight Lifting, 2010
Hamid Ezzine, Morocco, Athletics, 2009
Hugo Parisi, Brasil, Diving, 2013
Inderjeet Singh, India, Athletics, 2012
Inika Mcpherson, USA, Athletics, 2014
Iryna Dekha, Ukraine, Weight Lifting, 2013
Ivan Emilianov, Moldova, Athletics, 2011
Ivan Stevic, Serbia, Cycling, 2008
Ivan Tsikhan, Belarus, Athletics, 2012
Jamel Chatbi, Morocco, Athletics, 2009
Jan Sterba, Czech Republic, Canooing/Kayaking, 2012
Jiri Orsag, Czech Republic, Weight Lifting, 2013
Justin Gatlin, USA, Athletics, 2001 and 2006
Kuk Hyang Kim, North-Korea, Weight Lifting, 2012
LaShawn Merritt, USA, Athletics, 2009
Laverne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islands, Athletics, 2010
Leevan Sands, Bahamas, Athletics, 2006
Luvo Manyonga, South-Africa, Athletics, 2012
Mads Glaesner, Denmark, Swimming, 2013
Man Asaad, Syria, Weight Lifting, 2010
Manoj Kumar, India, Boxing, 2012
Marcelo Melo, Brasil, Tennis, 2007
Marin Cilic, Croatia, Tennis, 2013
Mariya Ryemyen, Ukraine, Athletics, 2014
Martina Hingis, Switzerland, Tennis, 2007
Meryem Erdogan, Turkey, Athletics, 2012
Michal Balner, Czech Republic, Athletics, 2010
Muminjon Abdullaev, Uzbekistan, Wrestling, 2012
Nataliia Lupu, Ukraine, Athletics, 2014
Ning Zetao, China, Swimming, 2011
Oleksandr Pielieshenko, Ukraine, Weight Lifting, 2013
Ondrej Kruzel, Slovakia, Weight Lifting, 2012
Piotr Lisek, Poland, Athletics, 2012
Rasa Drazdauskaite, Lithuania, Athletics, 2003
Rosa Rodriguez, Venezuela, Athletics, 2010
Rui Costa, Portugal, Cycling, 2010
Sandra Perkovic, Croatia, Athletics, 2010
Sara Moreira, Portugal, Athletics, 2011
Sara Ramadhani, Tanzania, Athletics, 2014
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica, Athletics, 2010
Sohrab Moradi, Iran, Weight Lifting, 2013
Steven Lopez, USA, Taekwondo, 2006
Sukanya Srisurat, Thailand, Weight Lifting, 2011
Sun Yang, China, Swimming, 2014
Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Virgin Islands, Athletics, 2011
Tameka Williams, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Athletics, 2012
Tatsiana Sharakova, Belarus, Cycling, 2012
Tsholofelo Thipe, South-Africa, Athletics, 2012
Tugce Sahutoglu, Turkey, Athletics, 2013
Tyson Gay, USA, Athletics, 2013
Vania Neves, Portugal, Swimming, 2009
Vasilisa Marzaliuk, Belarus, Wrestling, 2007
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, Tennis, 2013
Yelena Ryabova, Turkmenistan, Athletics, 2013
Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, Ukraine, Athletics, 2013
Yohan Blake, Jamaica, Athletics, 2009
Yu-fang Hsu, Taiwan, Athletics, 2011
Yuri van Gelder, Netherlands, Gymnastics, 2009
Yuliya Leantsiuk, Belarus, Athletics, 2008
Zalina Marghieva, Moldova, Athletics, 2013
Banned after failing to comply with the whereabouts rule:
Albert Subirats, Venezuela, Swimming, 2011
Christine Ohuruogu, UK, Athletics, 2006
Gregory Bauge, France, Cycling, 2010
Nicolas Marechal, France, Volleyball, 2010
Yong Dae Lee, South-Korea, Badminton, 2014
Athlete’s horse tested positive:
Andreas Ostholt, Germany, Equestrianism, 2005
Christian Ahlmann, Germany, Equestrianism
Isabell Werth, Germany, Equestrianism, 2009
Michael Whitaker, UK, Equestrinaism, 2009
Rene Tebbel, Ukraine (former Germany), Equstrianism, 2007
Shane Rose, Australia, Equestrianism, 2007
Banned for other violations of the doping regulations:
Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Cycling, 2010
Damiano Caruso, Italy, Cycling, 2010
Zoltan Kovago, Hungary, Athletics, 2012
Sources: dopinglist.com and Wikipedia.
