Russian Teenage Swimmer Given 4-Year Doping Ban

The All-Russian Swimming Federation (WWF) has disqualified swimmer Olesya Moiseeva from competition for 4 years after a positive doping test. The official start date of the suspension is April 12th, 2019.

Specifically, she was penalized under Section 2.1 of the All-Russia Anti-Doping Rules (which can be seen, in English, here).

  • 2.1. Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample

Neither RUSADA nor the WWF named the specific substance for which Moiseeva tested positive.

The teenage swimmer, who was born in 2001, swam at the Russian National Championships, where she finished 28th in the 400 free (4:30.35), 15th in the 800 free (9:18.70); and 21st in the 1500 free (18:03.80). She finished in the top 8 in the 800 free at last year’s Russian Junior Championships.

Russia’s anti-doping program is under constant scrutiny; the country was barred from competition at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, and then failed to meet WADA-set deadlines to turn over data related to their anti-doping program. She is one of 5 Russian swimmers that RUSADA lists as currently under sanction, along with:

 

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Yozhik
5 years ago

It will be interesting if Olivier Poirier-Leroy instead of his obvious articles run some research on psychology of athletes who consciously taking forbidden drugs. Which group has more chances to get into trouble in this regard. Is it any difference in cheating by gender and if it is so then why?
For example, in accordance with this article 4 of 5 swimmers who are under suspension are females. Also this girl after taking forbidden drugs (or whatever she did) was only 28th 15th, 21st in what she swam. So what was the reason?

Philip Johnson
5 years ago

Sad thing is, no one is really shocked by this (given the lack of comments). Banned from the Olympics, teenagers getting caught doping, medals stripped, just another day in Russia.

Hmm...
5 years ago

Shocker…

5wimmer
5 years ago

My guess is that this is more a recreational substance offence rather than ped

Swimmy
Reply to  5wimmer
5 years ago

Yeah her times wouldn’t indicate that she’s using
Anything performance enhancing

Ferb
5 years ago

Clearly, Russia is now serious about doping enforcement. Perhaps a new honor higher than the FINA Order can be bestowed upon Vladimir Putin in celebration of Russia’s obvious commitment to clean sport.

OfficialDad
Reply to  Braden Keith
5 years ago

well said Braden.

Dee
5 years ago

Really concerning.

Hswimmer
5 years ago

Hmmmmmm

Jeff
5 years ago

How many other Russian teenagers have they not caught yet I wonder

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