Nadezya Ostapchuk’s coach is guilty of her positive for steroid

Nadezya Ostapchuk, a Belarusian shot putter, received the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. But she failed a drug test. As a result, she lost the medal that was given to Valeria Adams of New Zealand.
Two tests displayed that a steroid’s metabolites presented in her urine samples.
If a sportsperson is caught taking any forbidden medications, he/she is commonly sentenced to a ban of two years. As for Nadezya Ostapchuk, she received one-year ban. Why was the sentence lighter? There were some circumstances that proved the following condition: Nadezya Ostapchuk didn’t administer any banned medicine knowingly.
At the beginning Nadezya Ostapchuk blamed his former coach. She said that he had sabotaged her sample.
The Belarusian National Anti-Doping Agency investigated this case. The International Association of Athletic Federation also participated in the investigation. It was found out that Yefimov was guilty. This person added powder of methenolone into food of Nadezya Ostapchuk during the last week before the Olympics. The coach reported that he had worried about the shot putter. He believed that this steroid would help to win.
Actually, it is difficult to determine why Yefimov has done it. He only caused the trouble.
Anti-doping agencies accepted these arguments. That’s why the Belarusian shot putter received only one-year suspension.
As for supporters of Valeria Adams, they didn’t believe that Nadezya Ostapchuk had not applied the steroid intentionally. They said that Yefimov just tried to protect the shot putter. They confirmed that Nadezya Ostapchuk had taken steroids under recommendations of her coach.
If Nadezya Ostapchuk’s performance was great several months before the 2012 London Olympics, her trainer had to be sure that she would win. Why did he worry about her performance?