17 New Positive Tests From IWF Worlds!

The IWF has just released 17 new positive doping test results from the 2015 IWF World Championships, and the list includes some big names. Here's the list of new p

Dec 24, 2015 by Armen Hammer

The IWF has just released 17 new positive test results from the 2015 IWF World Championships, and the list includes some big names. Here's the list of new positive disclosures:

Olga Zubova (W75kg, RUS)
- Tested positive for anabolic steroid methenolone. She finished with gold in the clean & jerk and bronze overall at Worlds.
Aleksei Kosov (M94kg, RUS)
- Tested positive for oral steroid Turinabol. He finished 7th overall with gold in the snatch.
Olga Afanaseva (W69kg, RUS)
- Tested positive for oral steroid Turinabol. She finished 4th overall.
Aleksey Lovchev (M105kg+, RUS)
- Tested positive for peptide hormone Ipamorelin. He finished with gold in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total and set new clean & jerk and total World Records.
Kim Kwang Song (M77kg, PRK)
- Like his teammate Kim Un Guk, he tested positive for Letrozole. He finished second in the snatch and second in the total.
Ryo Un Hui (W69kg, PRK)
- Also tested positive for Letrozole. She finished 2nd in the snatch and 5th overall.
Pipa Artiom (M77kg, MDA)
- Tested positive for Turinabol. He finished 13th overall.
Bulat Iurie (M85kg, MDA)
- Also tested positive for Turinabol. He finished 13th overall.
Omitray Yermek (M85kg, KAZ)
- Also tested positive for Turinabol. He did not total but finished 8th in the snatch.
Kydyrbayev Zhassulan (M94kg, KAZ)
- Also tested positive for Turinabol. He finished 3rd in the snatch, 3rd in the clean & jerk, and 3rd overall.
Uteshov Almas (M94kg, KAZ)
- Also tested positive for Turinabol. He finished 2nd in the clean & jerk and 2nd overall.
Ananiadou Eftychia (W75kg+, GRE)
- Also tested positive for Turinabol. She finished 20th overall.
Venskel Aleksandr (M94kg, BLR)
- Also tested positive for Turinabol. He finished 4th overall.
Novikava Nastassia (W58kg, BLR)
- Also tested positive for Turinabol. She finished 4th overall.
Guliyev Firudin (M69kg, AZE)
- Tested positive for Nandrolone. He finished 2nd in the clean & jerk and 6th overall.
Zairov Intiqam (M94kg, AZE)
- Tested positive for Nandrolone and Turinabol. He finished 9th overall.
Dadashbayli Dadash (M105kg, AZE)

Tested positive for Nandrolone and boldenone. He finished 9th overall.

The biggest news here is that Aleksey Lovchev, who shocked everyone and smashed the World Record in the clean & jerk and total as a super, has tested positive. It remains to be seen what the fallout from this will be, but there will certainly be a lot of changes to the overall rankings.