Athletistic / Weightlifting. Russian weightlifter Ruslan Albegov commented on the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to deprive him of the bronze medal he won at the 2012 Olympics. Albegov became a bronze medalist in the weight category above 105 kg.

The bronze medal now goes to the representative of South Korea, Chung Sang-kyun.

“This is not news to me, I was deprived of my medal at the Olympic Games four years ago. And now the medals are simply redistributed. The guys from the national team and I experienced all this a long time ago, and. it doesn’t bother us When the purge of our guys started, I was warned, that’s why I’ve been quietly doing without an Olympic medal for four years. this topic be brought up again, but. I have already experienced it,” Albegov quotes RIA Novosti.

In November 2017, Albegov was temporarily suspended for anti-doping rule violations. But in February 2018, the athlete’s temporary suspension was lifted.

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In 2020, it was decided to disqualify him for four years.



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