2008 Olympic Champion in 800m Pamela Jelimo is poised to be upgraded to silver medal from the 2012 London Olympic Games after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), dismissed former Russian 800-metre runner Ekaterina ,Guliyev’s appeal against a four-year doping ban.
Guliyev (formerly Poistogova), who now represents Turkey, finished third in the Olympic 800-metre final on 11 August 2012, but her position was upgraded to silver after the original gold medallist – her former Russian team-mate, Mariya Savinova – was disqualified in 2017 for doping.
That elevated South Africa’s Caster Semenya to gold and Guliyev to silver. Kenya’s Jelimo, who finished fourth at the Games, is now poised to be upgraded to silver and the USA’s Alysia Montano to bronze.
World Athletics and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are now proceeding with the next steps:
World Athletics’ Competition Department disqualifying Guliyev’s results and thereafter notifying the IOC that World Athletics has modified the relevant results and rankings on their website.
The IOC may then proceed with the reallocation of Olympic medals and the update of the IOC database.
Based on CAS’ decision, Guliyev has many other results at Diamond League, IAAF World Challenges and European level to be disqualified, including victories at the Düsseldorf International and Birmingham Aviva Indoor Grand Prix (both in February 2013); the Oslo Bislett Games and the Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athletisme de Rabat (both in June 2013); the Zagreb IAAF World Challenge (September 2013); and the European Team Championships (June 2014).
She also finished second at the Athletissima Lausanne in July 2014.
Guliyev had appealed the CAS decision handed down on 28 March last year, which found that she had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) according to Rule 32.2 (b), resulting in a four-year ban.
