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Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva (Russian:
Ольга Валерьевна Медведцева),
former Pyleva (Russian: Пылёва), née Zamorozova (Russian:
Заморозова), (born July 7,
1975 in Krasnoyarsk)
is a Russian biathlete.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics she won an
individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, as well as the bronze
medal in the team relay.
Pyleva also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon
competition during the 2004/05 season in the sprint and pursuit
events.
Doping offense and
disqualification in 2006
At the 2006 Winter Olympics she won the
silver in the women's 15 km individual race, but on February 16,
2006, she was disqualified from further competition for failing a
drug test [1] when she tested positive for the stimulant carphedon. The International Olympic
Committee panel found her guilty, and she was expelled from the
games and stripped of her medal.
She was then banned for two years from competition, and the
authorities in Turin started a
criminal investigation into the matter [2]. The head of
the Russian Anti-Doping Committee said that Pyleva took an over-the-counter medication for
an ankle injury prescribed by her personal doctor who is not a team
doctor, which contained carphedon [3]. It was the only
time when Pyleva was injured and took any healing medication while
training for a major competition. According to its label, the
medication is not forbidden and is officially recommended by its
manufacturer for treating sporting related injuries. But the
Russian manufacturer did not include the complete compound list for
the medication, which is what allegedly led to this catastrophic
mistake [4]. The
manufacturer has been officially warned by the Russian government,
while the doctor in question has been banned for two years as well,
and has said that she in turn is planning to sue the drug
manufacturer [5]. Several days
after the incident, the IBU president Anders
Besseberg said in an interview that "Pyleva may and must defend her
good name in law proceeding against the plant", but ruled out any
reduction of the two year disqualification from competition [6].
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