MOSCOW, July 4 the appeals of Russian biathletes Svetlana Sleptsova and Evgeny Ustyugov against the decision of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) will be considered, scheduled for August 31 and September 1, 2022, respectively, according to the official website of the court. Initially, hearings on the Russians were to be held on October 14 and 15, 2021 , then they were postponed to March 15-17, and then to May 4-6. In May, the hearings were postponed indefinitely at the request of the athletes. The IBU announced in February 2020 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.
