YEREVAN, APRIL 3, ARMENPRESS. Artashes Nersisyan, head coach of the Armenian women’s weightlifting team, weightlifter Sona Poghosyan’s personal coach Arman Ghazaryan have been fired, the Armenian national Olympic committee ruled at a recent session.

The issue has even escalated to a degree where the committee is discussing whether to ban Nersisyan and Ghazaryan from sports.

Back in 2013 the NOC decided to heighten control against performance-enhancement users. But since 2013, none of the doping tests came back positively until a recent case.

The National Olympic Committee and the ministry of sports and youth affairs haven’t yet issued official statements.

Weightlifter Sona Poghosyan, a participant of the 31st Summer Olympics, tested positive for performance enhancing substances, the International Weightlifting Federation said.

The U20 European Champion tested positively for S 2. She was temporarily banned from international tournaments.

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan