Olympic volleyball champion disqualified Alexandra Bouko and former Russian national team player Pavel Moroz who have passed positive doping tests, will expire in April 2023, they will be able to play the decisive matches of the championship of Russia-2022/23, general secretary of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VVF) Alexander Yaremenko told .
In September it became known that former volleyball players from Novosibirsk “locomotive and the Russian national team Butko and Moroz passed positive doping tests during the Final Six of the Russian Championship in 2014. They are currently suspended from matches and training.
– Where is the Butko and Moroz affair?
– Recently, the settlement agreement was confirmed by both parties. Whether it has already been signed or not, I do not know yet, but this agreement was suitable for both parties. This agreement states that the athletes have committed violations and the period of ineligibility is 15 months, with the ineligibility period commencing on January 1, 2022. In other words, their ineligibility expires in April (2023). Theoretically, they can have time to declare themselves this season in the Russian championship, to play in the playoffs.
Under this agreement, they can start training in February and start playing in April,” Yaremenko told .
According to , in 2014 Butko and Moroz took a drug similar to meldonium. This drug did not affect the athletic qualities of volleyball players, and RUSADA was soon informed that Butko and Moroz were taking it.
Source : MatchTV
