Former CSKA hockey player Sedov was disqualified for doping for two years

Nikita Sedov, a former defender of the Moscow hockey club (HC) CSKA, received a two-year suspension for violating anti-doping rules. He announced this on June 5.

The athlete was temporarily suspended from competitions back in April 2025 after his doping test gave a positive result. At that time, Sedov represented the army club, which he joined in 2024. In August 2024, CSKA terminated the contract with the player.

"A lot of work has been done together with my legal team. As a result, the court found that the prohibited substance entered my body unintentionally and that there was no intent on my part. This is of fundamental importance to me. I have been fighting for this all this time, and that is exactly what we have managed to prove," Sedov wrote on Instagram (owned by Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia as extremist).

The hockey player noted that it was not possible to establish a specific source of the substance entering the body, which, according to him, is often impossible even when collecting a large amount of materials. Sedov stressed that according to the current rules, the very fact of the presence of a prohibited substance entails sanctions, regardless of the intent.

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