MOSCOW, May 5, Andrei Simonenko. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rescheduled consideration of the appeals of Russian biathletes Yevgeny Ustyugov and Svetlana Sleptsova against the decision of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) at the request of the athletes for an indefinite period, the court reported. March, and then — on May 4-6. The IBU announced in February 2020 that Ustyugov and Sleptsova, who had already completed their careers, were suspended for two years based on data received from the Moscow laboratory. Sleptsova was found guilty of using ostarine, Ustyugov — oxandrolone.» We inform you that the hearing in the cases of Evgeny Ustyugov and Svetlana Sleptsova against the International Biathlon Union has been postponed at the request of the athletes. As soon as a new hearing date is set, it will be published in the list of hearings on the CAS website «Ustyugov, together with Alexei Volkov, Dmitry Malyshko and Anton Shipulin, won gold in the relay at the 2014 Sochi Games. 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.
