Russian racewalker Yelena Lashmanova is set to be stripped of her 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal and 2013 World Title after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) placed a retroactive disqualification on her results due to an anti-doping violation.
Along with her gold medal and world title, she will lose her Olympic record and any other results obtained between February 18, 2012 and January 3, 2014. As part of the disciplinary proceedings, she will also serve a two-year doping ban that retroactively began in March 2021. However, Lashmanova has not competed internationally since serving a separate doping ban in 2014.
Lashmanova was the latest Russian athlete to face sanctions stemming from investigations into the country’s state-sponsored doping program. She was sanctioned for the use of prohibited substances based on evidence acquired during those investigations.
The disqualification of her results would finalize the complete disqualification of all nine Russian racewalkers at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The eight other racewalkers representing the Eurasian country had already had their results annulled in earlier decisions.
While an appeal of the AIU’s decision is possible, the integrity body noted Lashmanova had accepted the sanctions as proposed.
A decision to reallocate medals in the women’s 20 kilometer race walk will be left up to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). China’s Qieyang Shijie is line to be upgraded to gold, while her fellow countrywomen Liu Hong and Lu Xiuzhi would occupy the remaining steps on the podium to complete a Chinese sweep of the event.
The IOC has yet to comment or announce any decision on the matter.
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