MOSCOW, August 18, Andrey Simonenko. Russian high jumper Danil Lysenko wins at the All-Russian competition «Moscow Cup — Vladimir Kuts Memorial». His result was 2.34 meters, which is a repetition of the best result of the season in Russia. The second was Nikita Kurbanov (2.15 meters), Sergey Morozov closed the top three (2.10). 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 arbitrators decided to make two more years conditional due to the «substantial assistance» that the Russian athlete provided to the independent body for combating negative phenomena in athletics (AIU). The Kuts Memorial is the 18th stage of the Queen of Russian Sports series and the final one before final — All-Russian Spartakiad.
