The Belarusian shot putter Nadezya Ostapchuk received the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. But she tested positive for a steroid. As a result, she lost the medal that was given to Valeria Adams of New Zealand.
Two tests showed that a steroid’s metabolites presented in her urine samples.
If a sportsperson is caught using any banned preparations, he/she is usually sentenced to a ban of two years. When it comes to Nadezya Ostapchuk, she received one-year ban. Why was the sentence lighter? There were some circumstances that proved the following aspect: the shop putter didn’t administer any banned medicine knowingly.
At the beginning Nadezya Ostapchuk blamed his former coach. She said that he had sabotaged her sample.
The Belarusian National Anti-Doping Agency investigated this case. The International Association of Athletic Federation also participated in the investigation. It was found out that Yefimov was guilty. This person added powder of methenolone into food of the shot putter during the last week before the 2012 Summer Olympics. The coach confirmed that he had worried about the shot putter. He believed that this steroid would help to win.
Actually, it is difficult to determine why Yefimov has done it. He only made the things worse.
Anti-doping agencies accepted these affirmations. That’s why Nadezya Ostapchuk was sentenced just to one-year ban.
As for supporters of Valeria Adams, they didn’t believe that the Belarusian shot putter had not used the steroid intentionally. They claimed that Yefimov just tried to protect the shot putter. They claimed that Nadezya Ostapchuk had taken steroids under recommendations of her coach.
If Nadezya Ostapchuk’s performance was amazing several months before the 2012 London Olympics, her coach had to be sure that she would win. Why did he trouble about?
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