In a joint statement, the Kazakhstan Biathlon Federation (KBF) and National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan (KNOC) have announced that all 10 members of the Kazakhstan national biathlon team that were detained by police in Austria last week at the World Championships in Hochfilzen have returned negative results.
2. In a joint statement, the Kazakhstan Biathlon Federation (KBF)
and National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan (KNOC) have
announced that all 10 members of the Kazakhstan national
biathlon team that were detained by police in Austria last week
at the World Championships in Hochfilzen have returned
negative results.
The Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office made a search of
the hotel of the Kazakhstan national biathlon team was
conducted on February 8, on the eve of the World
Championships. Austrian authorities reported 30 officials seized
a "significant volume" of items such as drugs, mobile phones
and medical equipment. The International Biathlon Union then
conducted blood and urine tests on the entire Kazakh team in
coordination with the Austrian Anti-Doping Agency (NADA
Austria).
3. The IBU also released a statement and said the Criminal
Intelligence Service Austria conducted the search of the
Kazakhstan national biathlon team accommodations based on
the investigation on possible anti-doping rules violations. It
added the WADA-accredited laboratory in Seibersdorf reported
all test results for urine, blood and serum were negative and
added the samples were tested for all substances on the WADA
prohibited list, including EPO and human growth hormone. It
also said the IBU therefore is not considering any disciplinary
actions against any athlete at this point in time. The world
governing body of biathlon said the National Biathlon
Federation of Kazakhstan has been cooperating with the state
authorities, the IBU and NADA Austria during the investigation
