Svetlana Podobedova (Russian: Светлана Подобедова; born May 25, 1986, Zima, Irkutsk[1]) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani weightlifter.

Career

Podobedova was awarded the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 75 kg category with a total of 291 kg. Her 161 kg Clean and jerk was an Olympic record and her 291 kg total tied the Olympic record set only minutes before by Natalia Zabolotnaya. She was awarded the medal by virtue of lighter bodyweight.[1]

In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, the IWF announced that IOC’s reanalyses of samples from the 2012 Beijing Olympics indicated that Podobedova had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Stanazolol. The IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspension on her and 8 other Olympians, including 6 medalists for Beijing doping. If confirmed, she faced losing her Olympic medal, and all results and medals earned from the date of the sample in 2012 to 2016.[2] In October 2016, she was stripped of her Olympic medal.[3] Zabolotnaya and the bronze medalist, Iryna Kulesha, were disqualified and stripped of their medals as well.

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Svetlana Podobedova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ IWF public disclosures
  3. ^ "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping". cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Podobedova
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