IOC Executive Board approves Olympic medal reallocations for Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014

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 – 1^st place) disqualified. The new ranking for the athletes placed 1 to 8 is as follows:

1^st Martin FOURCADE (FRA)

2^nd Pavol HURAJT (SVK)

3^rd Christoph SUMANN (AUT)

4^th Daniel MESOTITSCH (AUT)

5^th Ivan TCHEREZOV (RUS)

6^th Dominik LANDERTINGER (AUT)

7^th Vincent JAY (FRA)

8^th Jakov FAK (SLO)

B) VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S 4X7.5KM RELAY

Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 3^rd place) disqualified. The new ranking for the teams placed 3 to 8 is as follows:

3^rd Sweden: Fredrik LINDSTRÖM, Carl Johan BERGMAN, Mattias NILSSON, Bjön FERRY

4^th Germany: Simon SCHEMPP, Andreas BIRNBACHER, Arnd PEIFFER, Michael GREIS

5^th France: Vincent JAY, Vincent DEFRASNE, Simon FOURCADE, Martin FOURCADE

6^th Czechia: Jaroslav SOUKUP, Zdenek VITEK, Roman DOSTAL, Michal SLESINGR

7^th Ukraine: Olexander BILANENKO, Andriy DERYZEMLYA, Vyacheslav DERKACH, Serguei SEDNEV

8^th Switzerland: Thomas FREI, Matthias SIMMEN, Benjamin WEGER, Simon HALLENBARTER

C) VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S INDIVIDUAL 20KM

Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 4^th place) disqualified. The new ranking for the athletes placed 4 to 8 is as follows:

4^th Pavol HURAJT (SVK)

5^th Simon EDER (AUT)

6^th Tomasz SIKORA (POL)

7^th Christoph SUMANN (AUT)

8^th Daniel MESOTITSCH (AUT)

D) SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S 4X7.5KM RELAY

Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 1^st place) disqualified. The new ranking for the teams placed 1 to 8 is as follows:

1^st Germany: Erik LESSER, Daniel BOEHM, Arnd PEIFFER, Simon SCHEMPP

2^nd Austria: Christoph SUMANN, Daniel MESOTITSCH, Simon EDER, Dominik LANDERTINGER

3^rd Norway: Tarjei BOE, Johannes Thingnes BOE, Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN, Emil Hegle SVENDSEN

4^th Italy: Christian DE LORENZI, Dominik WINDISCH, Markus WINDISCH, Lukas HOFER

5^th Slovenia: Peter DOKL, Jakov FAK, Klemen BAUER, Janez MARIC

6^th Canada: Jean-Philippe LE GUELLEC, Scott PERRAS, Brendan GREEN, Nathan SMITH

7^th France: Alexis BOEUF, Jean Guillaume BEATRIX, Simon DESTHIEUX, Martin FOURCADE

8^th Ukraine: Dmytro PIDRUCHNYI, Andriy DERYZEMLYA, Artem PRYMA, Serhiy SEMENOV

E) SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – BIATHLON, MEN’S 12.5KM PURSUIT

Evgeny USTYUGOV (RUS – 5^th place) disqualified. The new ranking for the athletes placed 5 to 8 is as follows:

5^th Simon SCHEMPP (GER)

6^th Emil Hegle SVENDSEN (NOR)

7^th Simon EDER (AUT)

8^th 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).