Anti-doping rule violations by Russian athletes

According to the latest report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the number of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) recorded in Russia declined to 135 in 2020. Of them, 64 were analytical ADRVs, or violations based on presence of prohibited substances in athletes' samples. Furthermore, 71 cases did not involve a detection of substances in a sample. To compare, the total number of ADRVs recorded in 2013 was 225.

Number of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) by athletes from Russia from 2013 to 2020, by type

Characteristic	Analytical	Non-analytical
2020	64	71
2019	99	68
2018	119	25
2017	55	27
2016	45	24
2015	162	14
2014	133	15
2013	212	13

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

2013 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Recorded through urine and blood tests.
The statistic has been compiled from several reports by the source.

The source specified the following information (page 5):
"An analytical ADRV refers to a violation of Code Article 2.1 (Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s sample) and is based on an AAF (otherwise known as a positive result), which indicates the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolite(s) or of marker(s) of the use of a prohibited substance in a urine and/or blood sample collected from an athlete and analyzed by a WADA-accredited Laboratory.

A non-analytical ADRV is a case in which an athlete or athlete support person (coach, trainer, manager, agent, medical staff, parent, etc.) commits another type of ADRV that does not involve the detection of a prohibited substance or prohibited method in a urine or blood sample from athletes, as outlined in the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code (Code) Articles 2.2 to 2.10."

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