Dmitry Baboryko, the silver medalist of the youth Greco-Roman wrestling championship, may lose his award. It all comes down to the fact that he was found guilty of taking sports doping.
Wrestler Baboryko will be deprived of a medal because of doping, the relevant decision has already been taken by the International Doping Testing Agency. Moreover, the athlete was banned from competing for two years - from December 20, 2024 to December 19, 2026.
Doping was found in a sample from October 23, 2024. It is about tamoxifen metabolites, the drug is included in the list of the World Anti-Doping Agency. All sports achievements and performances of the wrestler from the end of October to the end of December last year.
Right on the day of the Youth Wrestling World Championships in the weight category up to 130 kilograms and was sampled.
Earlier it became known that two Russian taekwondistki suspended from competition. Athletes Yulia Volkova and Elizaveta Dolzhikova were caught taking doping substances. It should be noted that the legendary hockey player Alexander Ovechkin declared his desire to get to the Olympics-2026.