RUSADA reduced the suspension of hockey player Morozov to a month

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has reduced the suspension of forward of the Moscow hockey club Spartak Ivan Morozov from four years to one month. This was announced on November 1 by the Clover Consult law agency.

It is indicated that according to the current anti-doping rules, the hockey player was threatened with up to 4 years of disqualification.

"Considering that the athlete admitted his guilt, repented, apologized to fans and partners, and underwent a rehabilitation program, RUSADA reduced the applicable sanction to 1 month for the first time in Russia's history for such a violation of anti—doping rules," the lawyers wrote on the Telegram channel.

The legal agency added that they and Morozov are grateful to RUSADA for its fair and objective position in considering this issue.

Suspicious test: details of the doping scandal involving Spartak hockey player Morozov

The fourth case of a positive sample from a KHL team player in a year has been recorded.

On September 16, Morozov was temporarily suspended from matches due to a banned substance found in a doping sample of a hockey player. It was noted that the club had received an official notification from RUSADA with information that a prohibited substance had been detected in the striker's sample.

Later, on October 28, the athlete confessed to using a prohibited substance out of competition. According to the hockey player, traces of cocaine were found in his doping test.

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