The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) yesterday took the decision to reallocate Olympic medals, diplomas and medallist pins from the Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

As part of the process, the official results were updated by the International Federation responsible, the International Biathlon Union (IBU), following the disqualification of Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS) due to anti-doping rule violations. The new ranking for the athletes is as follows:

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games – Biathlon, men 15km mass start

Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS 1st place) disqualified. The new podium is as follows:

Gold: Martin FOURCADE (FRA)

Silver: Pavol HURAJT (SVK)

Bronze: Christoph SUMANN (AUT)

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games – Biathlon, men 4x7.5km relay

Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS 3rd place) disqualified.

Team Sweden (Fredrik LINDSTRÖM, Carl Johan BERGMAN, Mattias NILSSON, Björn FERRY) move into bronze medal position.

Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games – Biathlon, men 4x7.5km relay

Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS 1st place) disqualified. The new podium is as follows:

Gold - Germany: Erik LESSER, Daniel BOEHM, Arnd PEIFFER, Simon SCHEMPP

Silver - Austria: Christoph SUMANN, Daniel MESOTITSCH, Simon EDER, Dominik LANDERTINGER

Bronze - Norway: Tarjei BOE, Johannes Thingnes BOE, Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN, Emil Hegle SVENDSEN

The reallocation of Olympic medals is decided by the IOC EB after all the remedies have been exhausted and once all procedures have been closed.

Following the IOC Athletes’ Commission proposal and in accordance with the Olympic Medal Reallocation Principles, athletes can choose from a menu of options for how they wish to receive their reallocated Olympic medal.

The options set out by the Olympic Medal Reallocation principles are designed to ensure that eligible athletes receive their Olympic medals in a manner that truly honours their accomplishments. This opportunity is intended to provide meaningful recognition to those athletes who were unable to celebrate their achievements at the time.

One of these options is to be awarded the medal at a ceremony at a live site or a similar celebration location at the next relevant Olympic Games, provided such an option is made available by the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG) concerned. For the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, the IOC will offer this option in alignment with the OCOG and the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

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