MOSCOW, March 7 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will consider the appeals of Russian biathletes Evgeny Ustyugov and Svetlana Sleptsova on the decision of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on May 4-6, according to the website of the court. Initially, hearings on the Russians' cases were to be held on October 14 and 15, but then they were postponed to March 15-17, 2022. IBU in February 2020 announced that Ustyugov and Sleptsova, who had already completed their careers, were suspended for two years based on data obtained from the Moscow laboratory. Sleptsova was found guilty of using ostarine, Ustyugov — oxandrolone. Ustyugov, along with Alexei Volkov, Dmitry Malyshko and Anton Shipulin, won gold in the relay at the 2014 Games in Sochi. Because of the decision on Ustyugov, the entire team should lose their gold medals. The second in the relay in Sochi were the Germans, the third — the Austrians, the fourth — the Norwegians. Due to the decision on Ustyugov, the Russian team will lose first place in the medal standings of the Olympics in Sochi. Ustyugov's disqualification was to be counted from February 13, 2020. The period of disqualification for the 2010 Olympic champion in Vancouver Sleptsova began on February 11, 2020, her results from March 22, 2013 until the end of the 2013/14 World Cup season will be cancelled.
