The athletes used anabolic steroids, the ITA press office reported.

The ITA reports that it has sanctioned Russian weightlifters Svetlana Shimkova, Oksana Slivenko and Rinat Kireev for the use of prohibited substances based on data retrieved by the @wada_ama from the Moscow laboratory.



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- International Testing Agency (@IntTestAgency) December 10, 2021

The data on the analyzes of the athletes were provided by the Moscow laboratory.

Athletes' results have been canceled since 2012.

Earlier, human rights activist Ekaterina Gordon reacted to the statement of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).