In March 2019, Ivanov was caught doping and was suspended for two years.. His results from the summer of 2012 to the summer of 2014 were annulled, the Russian was deprived of the “gold” of the World Championship, as well as the silver medals of the continental championship and the 2012 Youth World Cup.

Now, the Athletics Intergrity Unit (AIU), the body responsible for doping control in world athletics, punished the Russian athlete with a two-year " The reason was a doping test of 29-year-old Ivanov from a Moscow laboratory containing prohibited substances - hormones and metabolic modulators.

All results of the Russian athlete from May 2012 to August 25, 2022 will be canceled, he will lose awards, titles and prize money earned during this period.

In addition, another representative of the aggressor country in race walking, Igor Erokhin, was found guilty of violating anti-doping rules.. AIU determined that Erokhin's doping test had contained prohibited substances since May 2012. Since he had previously been suspended for life, it was decided not to impose additional sanctions on the 36-year-old Russian.