Kisialiou returned an adverse analytical finding for THC (11-nor-9-carboxy-delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol) metabolite(s) of Carboxy-THC in a urine sample provided on November 6, 2010 after the first day of the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships in Hannover, Germany.

Such substances are included in the 2010 Prohibited List and consequently prohibited under the IPC Anti-Doping Code, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC).

Upon notification, Kisialiou informed the IPC that he did not have a therapeutic use exemption to explain the adverse analytical finding and accepted the anti-doping rule violation and his period of suspension.

Kisialiou and his dance partner actually won two gold medals in Hannover Combi Standard Class 2 and Combi Latin Class 2 but will now be stripped of both of them.

An IPC statement said: "In accordance with the IPC anti-doping code, Ihar Kisialiou will serve a two-year suspension for the offence dating from December 18, 2010, the date of the provisional suspension.

"All results obtained from November 6, 2010 will be disqualified with all the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

"As a result, he and his dance partner will be stripped of the two gold medals they won in Hannover at the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships in Combi Standard Class 2 and Combi Latin Class 2.

"According to the IPC Anti-Doping Code, it is each athlete's personal duty to ensure that no prohibited substances enter his or her body.

"Furthermore, each athlete is responsible for any prohibited substances found in their bodily specimen, regardless of how it entered their body."

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