Sergey Ulegin

Sergey Ulegin (born October 8, 1977) is a Russian canoer who has been competing since 2001 [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/RUS/Sergey+Ulegin/200466;_ylt=AhXCe6qz7kkimOOWk_LJ6keXaJh4 Yahoo! profile.] - accessed August 23, 2008.] He won a silver in the men's C-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/canoe_kayak/results/CFM225/15;_ylt=Aqc1u9I3oDx8gM8Z6PCCq9SXaJh4?is_medal=1 Yahoo! August 23, 2008 men's flatwater C-2 500 m final results.] - accessed August 23, 2008.]

At the ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships, Ulegin has won three medals with two golds (C-2 500 m: 2006, C-4 200 m: 2002) and one bronze (C-2 500 m: 2002). [http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202006-Korrektur_18.02.07.pdf International Canoe Federation historical results to 2006 (Olympic and world for all disciplines).] ]

Doping controversy

At the 2003 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships in Gainesville, Georgia in the United States, Ulegin initially won golds in the C-4 200 m [ [http://www.lckc.org/laniercanoe2003/results/Race174.pdf 2003 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships original results for the men's C-4 200 m.] - accessed August 23, 2008] and C-4 500 m events, [ [http://www.lckc.org/laniercanoe2003/results/Race158.pdf 2003 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships original results for the men's C-4 500 m.] - accessed August 23, 2008.] , and a silver in the C-2 500 m event. [ [http://www.lckc.org/laniercanoe2003/results/Race155.pdf 2003 ICF Flatwaer Racing World Championships original results for the men's C-2 500 m.] - accessed August 23, 2008.] However, Ulegin tested positive for doping at those championships. [http://www.canoeicf.com/default.asp?ID=1412&format=popup December 12, 2003 ICF Executive Committee decision on Ulegin's two-year suspension from competition following his positive doping test.] - accessed August 20, 2008.] A November 29, 2003 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic confirmed that Ulegin's B-sample was positive like the A-test he gave in Gainesville. This led the ICF to issue a two-year suspension for Ulegin from September 14, 2003 to September 14, 2005. Ulegin became the only flatwater canoer as of 2008 stripped of his medals for doping either at the Summer Olympics or the World championships as a result. Ulegin served his two year suspension, missing the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2005 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

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