The final decision on a lifelong ban on coaching was made in relation to the former head coach of the national team Kazakhstan weightlifting Alexei NiSports.kz reports with reference to the Qazsport press service.
— This decision was made by the International Testing Agency (ITA), created in 2017 at the initiative of the International Olympic Committee. The reason for this punishment was the discovery of doping in the body of Ilya Ilyin, Svetlana Podobedova, Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Maya Maneza and Nijat Rakhimov. The ITA's decision is final.
His brother Victor, who was the senior coach on the team, will be expelled from the sport for four years, the channel’s Instagram reports.
