MOSCOW, Aug 13 Russian high jumper Danil Lysenko wins first tournament after a 4-year disqualification, taking first place in the Cup of the Sverdlovsk region in Irbit. Lysenko won with a score of 2.31 meters. The second was Ilya Ivanyuk (2.28 m), Nikita Kurbanov (2.24) closed the top three. removed him from the competition. Later, the athlete allegedly presented documents according to which he did not pass the doping control due to circumstances beyond his control. The investigation revealed contradictions between Lysenko's testimony and the documents provided, which was regarded as falsification. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Lysenko until August 3, 2022. The CAS referees decided to make two more years suspended in connection with the «substantial assistance» that the Russian athlete provided to the independent body for the fight against negative phenomena in athletics (AIU).
