109 doping cases now before world sport court

MOSCOW — Some of Russia’s best known track and field athletes are facing doping cases, including former Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which oversees antidoping cases in track and field, released details on Friday of 109 cases from around the world in a new transparency drive.

Besides Ukhov, the list includes top Russians such as the double world champion shot putter Tatyana Lysenko, Olympic bronze medal-winning long jumper Svetlana Shkolina, and 2014 world indoor triple jump champion Lyukman Adams.

The AIU said they are among 13 Russian cases based on evidence uncovered during World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren’s research into a widespread system of doping and coverups in Russia.

The cases of Ukhov, Lysenko, Adams, and Shkolina are all listed as pending before the

Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Some of the 13 have competed in recent months, and the AIU said they weren’t suspended ahead of a hearing.

“Where there is a case that doesn’t involve a positive test but is the result of an investigation based on McLaren evidence only, the athlete can continue to compete until their case is determined,” the AIU said in emailed comments to

The Associated Press.

There’s also a case against two-time world championship medallist Anisya Kirdyapkina based on suspicious blood values in samples she gave to drug testers.

Kirdyapkina was on Russia’s national racewalking team.