Belarusians must wait for Olympic doping hearing

Belarusians must wait for Olympic doping hearing

Published Nov. 12, 2009 2:33 p.m. ET

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday that a new delay means Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan will put their case over three days from Jan. 25-27.

The hearing was originally set for one day last July, then put back until Dec. 4-5.

Devyatovskiy and Tsikhan won silver and bronze medals at the Beijing Games, then tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone.

The International Olympic Committee disqualified the pair last December.

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Devyatovskiy could face a lifetime ban for his second doping offense. Tsikhan is a three-time world champion.

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