Anti-Doping Rule Violations related to 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games

Biathlon

• Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Germany, Methylhexaneamine, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

Bobsleigh

• William Frullani, Italy, Dimethylpentylamine (Methylhexaneamine), 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
  Sample collected on February 18 in the Olympic Village.
  (Source: CONI)
• Daniela Zalewskiego, Poland, N-ethyl-1-phenylbutan-2-amine, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
  Sample collected on February 23.
  (Source: Poland Olympic Committee)

Cross Country

• Marina Lisogor, Ukraine, trimetazidine, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
  (Trimetazidine was put on the WADA Prohibited list in 2014.
  The substance was added because of emerging patterns of drug use)
• Johannes Dürr, Austria, EPO, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games (Out-of-competition test in Austria)

Ice Hockey

• Vitalijs Pavlovs, Latvia, Methylhexaneamine, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Sample collected on February 19.
• Ralf Freibergs, Latvia, dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (Oral Turinabol). Sample collected on February 20 - after Latvia-Canada Men's play-off quarterfinals.
• Nicklas Bäckström, Sweden, pseudoephedrine, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. (Received a public warning from IOC and will get the silver medal).

Before the games three athletes tested positive for prohibited substances:

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