Vadim DEVYATOVSKIY

Vadim Devyatovskiy pictured above celebrating after winning the silver medal

in the final of the men'sHammer at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. 

Vadim tested positive for elevated testosterone after the hammer throw final and was disqualified

and stripped of the medal by the International Olympic Committee. However, in 2010 The Court of Arbitration

for Sport said doping the test of Devyatovskiy  was invalid because international

laboratory standards were not respected in what it said was an "unusually complex doping case".

CAS said the medal should be returned.

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Vadim is pictured above during the final of the mens Discus at the 2007 World Championships

in Osaka. Devyatovskiy, the silver medallist at the previous World Championships,

finished just outside the medals in 4th place with a throw of 81.57m.

Photo George Herringshaw.  ©

Vadim Devyatovskiy pictured above during the men's Hammer final at the 2006 European Championships

in Gothenburg. He won the bronze medal with a throw of 80.76m. His compatriot Ivan Tikhon

won the gold and Olli-Pekka Karjalainen the silver.

Vadim is pictured above during the final of the mens Hammer at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.

He won the silver medal with a throw of 82.60.

Images G. Herringshaw.  ©

He was suspended from the sport for doping violations from 18th. September 2000 to 17th. September 2002.