IBJJF Accept The Sanctions Determined By USADA And Reassigning Podium Positions

The IBJJF’s agreement with USADA and the anti-doping policy means the jiu-jitsu federation will adjust championship results when the U.S. agency calls for sanctions against specific fighters. It has already designated new winners for the 2013-2014 World Championship.

The new policy reassigns second-place competitors to first place if the winning contender violated doping rules. Second and third-place athletes also move up one position. Defeated semi-finalists stay in 3rd place.

The IBJJF’s updated results affected the female open class, female heavyweight, male heavy and male medium-heavy titlists for 2013-2014. It is in the process of arranging a new ceremony to award medals to athletes who competed fairly.

According to IBJJF’s agreement with USADA and the anti-doping policy, IBJJF will accept sanctions determined by USADA.
In the event that a sanction results in a loss of title, the rule by IBJJF to follow in reassigning podium positions is listed below:

-The athlete that placed second (lost to the positive doping athlete) will be declared the 1st place winner
-The athlete that placed third (lost to the positive doping athlete) will be declared the 2nd place winner.
-The fourth place athlete, who lost due to the positive doping athlete in the quarter-final, will be moved up to 3rd place.
– The athlete who lost in the semi-final against the “newly promoted first place athlete” will remain in the third place position.
By doing so, we will promote once, every athlete who lost due to the disqualified athlete. In turn this will give us a full standard IBJJF podium (1 first place, 1 second place, and 2 third place winners).
With that being said, the following IBJJF World Championship results are being modified:
2013 World Jiu Jitsu IBJJF Championship – Black Belt Adult Female Open Class division
First – Beatriz de Oliveira Mesquita – Gracie Humaita
Second – Luiza Monteiro Moura da Costa – PSLPB Cicero C.
Third – Tammy Griego – Gracie Barra
Third – Luanna Alzuguir Marton Moraes – Alliance
2013 World Jiu Jitsu IBJJF Championship – Black Belt Adult Female Heavy weight
First – Andresa Correa – Alliance
Second – Maria do Carmo Paixão Teixeira – De La Riva JJ
Third – Luzia Carmem Santana P. Fernandes – Gracie Barra
2014 World Jiu Jitsu IBJJF Championship – Black Belt Adult Male Medium Heavy division
First – Rômulo Claudio Barral – Gracie Barra
Second – Murilo Silva Ferreira de Santana – Barbosa Jiu Jitsu
Third – Gustavo Ramos Campos – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Thiago Sa Fortes – CheckMat
2014 World Jiu Jitsu IBJJF Championship – Black Belt Adult Male Heavydivision
Fisrt – Andre Luiz Leite Galvão – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Dimitrius Soares Souza – Alliance
Third – Rafael Lovato Jr. – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Nivaldo de Oliveira – CheckMat Int.

-IBJJF will soon be releasing more information regarding the new medal awards ceremony.

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