Champion of the 2004 Olympics in Athens in high jump Elena Slesarenko was disqualified for 4 years for violation of anti-doping rules. "Slesarenko was found to have violated the IAAF Anti-Doping Rules of 2008 and 2011 and was disqualified for 4 years from October 4, 2016. The repeated analysis of samples of the athlete selected at the Olympic Games in Beijing and the World Championships in Athletics in Daegu-2011, revealed the presence of turinball, "- reported on the website of the All-Russian Athletics Federation. Also in accordance with the decision of the Sports Arbitration Court, Ekaterina Volkova, Ksenia Agafonova and Elizaveta Grechishnikova were disqualified for 2 years.

Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already deprived Volkov of Beijing's bronze medal in running for 3000 meters with obstacles, reminds "R-Sport". Volkova annulled the results shown in the period from August 17, 2008 to August 16, 2010, at Agafonova - from August 15, 2009 to August 14, 2011. Repeated doping tests Agafonova and Grechishnikova from the World Athletics Championships 2009 in Berlin revealed the presence of turinabol. This same banned substance was found in the Volkova trial from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.