^The ITA welcomes the decision of CAS confirming the sanction of weightlifter Nijat Rahimov for sample swapping. International Testing Agency. 2023-12-12 [2024-02-01]. CAS confirmed that Nijat Rahimov should be sanctioned with 8 years of ineligibility. The disqualification of all results obtained by the athlete from 15 March 2016 (date of the first evidence of urine substitution) until the provisional suspension imposed on 18 January 2021, which includes the gold medal obtained at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 (Men’s 77 kg), was also confirmed.