Ukrainian cross-country skier Valentyna Kaminska has been barred from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after she examined optimistic for an "anabolic androgenic steroid" and two different substances categorised as stimulants by the Worldwide Testing Affiliation (ITA), the affiliation introduced Wednesday.
The pattern was collected final week by the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) and was examined at a World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) accredited lab on the Olympics. The outcomes had been reported on Tuesday, the ITA stated.
Kaminska has the possibility to request her secondary "B" pattern be examined as properly or attraction the suspension that bans her from all competitors and different participation in the remainder of this month's Olympics.
Kaminska, 34, has competed in a number of occasions up to now and didn't medal in any of them, per ESPN. She is representing Ukraine within the 2022 Olympics after she competed for Belarus within the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics in Sochi and Pyeongchang, respectively. She didn't medal in both Olympic look, based on her Olympics bio.
She is the second competitor to be prohibited from this yr's Video games, following Iranian alpine skier Hossein Saveh Shemshaki's optimistic check for an anabolic steroid final week. He requested that his secondary pattern be examined, and it confirmed the presence of the identical banned substance, the ITA stated.
He didn't problem his suspension however did request that his case be referred to the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport Anti-Doping Division to find out if a suspension was the suitable penalty for his optimistic check.
Whereas it's the second ban handed down by the ITA, Kaminska's check is the third check to make headlines at this yr's Video games, along with Saveh Shemshaki and the case of 15-year-old Russian determine skater Kamila Valieva.
Valieva examined optimistic final week for three heart-related medicines, together with one that's on WADA's banned substances listing. The optimistic check outcome got here on February 8, after Valieva had competed within the group determine skating occasion through which Russia received the gold medal.
Amid the controversy, Valieva has been allowed to compete within the solo determine skating occasion, which she at the moment leads. The IOC has stated that if she wins the gold medal later this week, the Russian determine skater's victory will probably be marked with a "preliminary asterisk" till it's decided whether or not her victory ought to stand or the medal must be taken away due to her optimistic check for a banned substance.
Newsweek has reached out to the IOC and the Ukrainian Olympic Committee for remark.
Replace 2/16/22, 12:05 p.m. ET: This story has been up to date with extra context and data.
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