19 May 2022 – Events in biathlon and athletics from the Olympic Games Sochi 2014 and Tokyo 2020 respectively will see medals, diplomas and medallist pins reallocated, in full accordance with the Olympic medal reallocation process.

The decision was taken during today’s meeting of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board, following the disqualification of a number of athletes and the results of their events being adjusted accordingly by the International Federations involved.

The reallocations concern three events in the two sports mentioned above.

See the new rankings for these events below:

• Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014

Biathlon – 4x6km relay – Women

The following athlete has been disqualified from the above-mentioned event: Olga ZAYTSEVA (RUS – 2nd place, silver medal), disqualified by the IOC Disciplinary Commission in the decision dated 22 December 2017 and partially confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in its decision dated 24 September 2020.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has modified the results accordingly. Therefore, the new ranking for the teams placed 2 to 8 is as follows:

2. NORWAY (Fanny Horn BIRKELAND / Tiril ECKHOFF / Ann Kristin Aafedt FLATLAND / Tora BERGER)

3. CZECH REPUBLIC (Eva PUSKARCIKOVA / Gabriela KOUKALOVA / Jitka LANDOVA / Veronika VITKOVA)

4. BELARUS (Liudmila KALINCHIK / Nadezhda SKARDINO / Nadzeya PISAREVA / Darya DOMRACHEVA)

5. ITALY (Dorothea WIERER/ Nicole GONTIER / Michela PONZA / Karin OBERHOFER)

6. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Susan DUNKLEE / Hannah DREISSIGACKER / Sara STUDEBAKER / Annelies COOK)

7. CANADA (Rosanna CRAWFORD / Megan IMRIE / Megan TANDY / Zina KOCHER)

8. SWITZERLAND (Selina GASPARIN / Elisa GASPARIN / Aita GASPARIN / Irene CADURISCH)

Disqualified: RUSSIA (Olga ZAYTSEVA / Yana ROMANOVA / Olga VILUKHINA / Ekaterina SHUMILOVA)

Biathlon – Relay – Mixed

The following athlete has been disqualified from the above-mentioned event: Olga ZAYTSEVA (RUS – 4th place), disqualified by the IOC Disciplinary Commission in the decision dated 22 December 2017 and partially confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in its decision dated 24 September 2020.

The IBU has modified the results accordingly. Therefore, the new ranking for the teams placed 4 to 8 is as follows:

4. SLOVAKIA (Jana DAUBNEROVA / Anastasiya KUZMINA / Pavol HURAJT / Matej KAZAR)

5. FRANCE (Marie DORIN HABERT / Anais BESCOND / Jean-Guillaume BEATRIX / Martin FOURCADE)

6. UKRAINE (Natalya OTCHENASH / Mariia PANFILOVA / Andriy DERYZEMLYA / Sergii SEMENOV)

7. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Susan DUNKLEE / Hannah DREISSIGACKER / Tim BURKE / Lowell BAILEY)

8. AUSTRIA (Lisa Theresa HAUSER / Katharina INNERHOFER / Daniel MESOTITSCH / Friedrich PINTER)

Disqualified: RUSSIA (Olga ZAYTSEVA / Olga VILUKHINA / Evgeniy GARANICHEV / Anton SHIPULIN)

• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Athletics – 4x100m relay – Men

The following athlete has been disqualified from the above-mentioned event: Chijindu UJAH (GBR – 2nd place, silver medal) disqualified by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in its decision dated 18 February 2022.

World Athletics has modified the results accordingly. Therefore, the new ranking for the teams placed 2 to 5 is as follows:

2. CANADA (Aaron BROWN / Jerome BLAKE / Brendon RODNEY / Andre de GRASSE)

3. CHINA (Xingqiang TANG / Zhenye XIE / Bingtian SU / Zhiqiang WU)

4. JAMAICA (Jevaughn MINZIE / Julian FORTE / Yohan BLAKE / Oblique SEVILLE)

5. GERMANY (Julian REUS / Joshua HARTMANN / Deniz ALMAS / Lucas ANSAH-PEPRAH)

Disqualified: GREAT BRITAIN (Zharnel HUGHES / Richard KILTY / Nethaneel MITCHELL-BLAKE / Chijindu UJAH)

For more information on the Olympic Medal Reallocation process, please click here.