The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced that two young riders from the Itera-Katusha Continental team have been given one-year bans for anti-doping rule violations.
Andrey Lukonin and Ivan Lutsenko were both suspended by RUSADA after “information was provided by the Disciplinary Anti-doping Committee”. It is not clear if they tested positive for a banned substance or whether there was another kind of anti-doping rule infringement. Their ban officially began on August 3, which was probably the date of the first notification of the infringement.
RUSADA also announced that two Russian weightlifters and a sport dancer had been banned. The news emerged on the day the Russian Athletics Federation accepted its ban from international competition following the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent investigation into doping and bribes in Russian athletics. RUSADA is itself suspended by WADA from carrying out most of its work as it faces accusations of covering up failed drug tests for leading Russian athletes.
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The UCI recently told Cyclingnews that Nikita Kamaev, the executive director of RUSADA, has suspended his involvement with the UCI Anti-Doping Commission following the wide-ranging doping scandal in Russian athletics. Kamaev has denied any wrongdoing.
Lukonin and Lutsenko are both just 20 years old. They competed in several European stage races with Itera-Katusha during the first part of the 2015 season and both ended their seasons abruptly during the Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho stage race in July. There was no initial reaction from the Russian Cycling Federation and the two riders have yet to be listed as suspended. Former Gewiss professional Petr Ugryumov is named as the team’s sports director on the UCI website. He finished second in the 1994 Tour de France.
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