19 September 2025 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) today took the decision to reallocate Olympic medals, diplomas and medallist pins from the Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
The official results were changed by the International Federation responsible, the International Biathlon Union (IBU), following the disqualification of Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS) due to anti-doping rule violations.
The IBU has modified the results accordingly. The new ranking for the athletes is as follows:
A) VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S 15KM MASS START
Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 1st place) disqualified. The new ranking for the athletes placed 1 to 8 is as follows:
1st Martin FOURCADE (FRA)
2nd Pavol HURAJT (SVK)
3rd Christoph SUMANN (AUT)
4th Daniel MESOTITSCH (AUT)
5th Ivan TCHEREZOV (RUS)
6th Dominik LANDERTINGER (AUT)
7th Vincent JAY (FRA)
8th Jakov FAK (SLO)
B) VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S 4X7.5KM RELAY
Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 3rd place) disqualified. The new ranking for the teams placed 3 to 8 is as follows:
3rd Sweden: Fredrik LINDSTRÖM, Carl Johan BERGMAN, Mattias NILSSON, Bjön FERRY
4th Germany: Simon SCHEMPP, Andreas BIRNBACHER, Arnd PEIFFER, Michael GREIS
5th France: Vincent JAY, Vincent DEFRASNE, Simon FOURCADE, Martin FOURCADE
6th Czechia: Jaroslav SOUKUP, Zdenek VITEK, Roman DOSTAL, Michal SLESINGR
7th Ukraine: Olexander BILANENKO, Andriy DERYZEMLYA, Vyacheslav DERKACH, Serguei SEDNEV
8th Switzerland: Thomas FREI, Matthias SIMMEN, Benjamin WEGER, Simon HALLENBARTER
C) VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S INDIVIDUAL 20KM
Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 4th place) disqualified. The new ranking for the athletes placed 4 to 8 is as follows:
4th Pavol HURAJT (SVK)
5th Simon EDER (AUT)
6th Tomasz SIKORA (POL)
7th Christoph SUMANN (AUT)
8th Daniel MESOTITSCH (AUT)
D) SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S 4X7.5KM RELAY
Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 1st place) disqualified. The new ranking for the teams placed 1 to 8 is as follows:
1st Germany: Erik LESSER, Daniel BOEHM, Arnd PEIFFER, Simon SCHEMPP
2nd Austria: Christoph SUMANN, Daniel MESOTITSCH, Simon EDER, Dominik LANDERTINGER
3rd Norway: Tarjei BOE, Johannes Thingnes BOE, Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN, Emil Hegle SVENDSEN
4th Italy: Christian DE LORENZI, Dominik WINDISCH, Markus WINDISCH, Lukas HOFER
5th Slovenia: Peter DOKL, Jakov FAK, Klemen BAUER, Janez MARIC
6th Canada: Jean-Philippe LE GUELLEC, Scott PERRAS, Brendan GREEN, Nathan SMITH
7th France: Alexis BOEUF, Jean Guillaume BEATRIX, Simon DESTHIEUX, Martin FOURCADE
8th Ukraine: Dmytro PIDRUCHNYI, Andriy DERYZEMLYA, Artem PRYMA, Serhiy SEMENOV
E) SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S 12.5KM PURSUIT
Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 5th place) disqualified. The new ranking for the athletes placed 5 to 8 is as follows:
5th Simon SCHEMPP (GER)
6th Emil Hegle SVENDSEN (NOR)
7th Simon EDER (AUT)
8th Andrejs RASTORGUJEVS (LAT)
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).
