Appeal by Belarusian hummer throwers to be examined in December
The Court of
Arbitration for Sport is to examine a doping case against Belarusian hammer
throwers Vadzim Dzevyatouski (Vadim Devyatovskiy) and Ivan Tsikhan on January 4
and 5. The athletes
were stripped of the medals that they won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after
they tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone.
The
32-year-old Dzevyatouski, who finished second at the
He finished fourth at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004 and won silver at the
2005 World Championships.
The 33-year-old Tsikhan, who won three consecutive world titles, in 2003, 2005
and 2007, and earned the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, finished in
third place in