{{short description|Russian race walker}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Valeriy Borchin | image = Waleri Wiktorowitsch Bortschin 6328.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Borchin at 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. | fullname = Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Povadimovo, [[Dubyonsky District]], [[Mordovian ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | weight = {{cvt|63|kg}} | country = {{RUS}} | sport = Men's [[sport of athletics|athletics]] | event = [[20 kilometres race walk|20km Race Walk]] | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Olympic}} {{Medal|Gold | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] }} {{Medal|Competition | [[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] }} {{Medal|Silver | [[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Gothenburg]] | [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] }} }}
'''Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin''' ({{langx|ru|Вале́рий Ви́кторович Бо́рчин}}; born 11 September 1986) is a [[race walking|race walker]] from [[Russia]] who won the 2008 Olympic gold medal and was [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|World champion]] over the 20 km distance.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173320/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/valeriy-borchin-1.html Valeriy Borchin]. Sports-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref> His World Championship was retroactively stripped in 2015 due to doping.
==Biography== He was born in the village of [[Povadimovo]] near [[Saransk]] in what is now the [[Republic of Mordovia]]. After trying out [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] and [[long-distance running]] in his youth, he began practising racewalking at the age of seventeen after a knee injury. He met [[Viktor Chegin]], a prominent Olympic-level coach in the region, in 2004 and began practising with his training group. The year after he was the runner-up in the junior 10 km walk in the national championships.<ref>Maryanchik, Natalia (2009-07-19). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=52470.html Focus on Athletes - Valeriy Borchin]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref> However, he received a year-long ban from competition soon after, lasting from June 2005 to 2006, after he failed an in-competition drugs test for the banned stimulant [[ephedrine]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/33165.pdf Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707171122/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/33165.pdf |date=2012-07-07 }}. [[IAAF]] (2005). Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref>
Upon his return to competition, he took the senior national title and won the 20 km walk [[silver medal]] at the [[2006 European Athletics Championships]]. Borchin formed part of a Russian medal sweep at the [[2007 European Athletics U23 Championships]], taking the [[gold medal]] and he competed at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]] later that year, but did not manage to finish the race.<ref>[http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html 2007 World Championships - Men's 20km Walk results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913222947/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender%3DM/discipline%3D20KR/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/result.html |date=2007-09-13 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref> He was runner-up to [[Paquillo Fernández]] at the [[2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] in [[Cheboksary]] in May, leading Russia to the team victory.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/wrw08/results/eventCode=3657/sex=M/discCode=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html#det 2008 RW Cup Official Team Results 20 Kilometres Race Walk - M]. [[IAAF]] (2008-05-10). Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref>
A week prior to the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], his coach Viktor Chegin admitted that Borchin and fellow Russian walker [[Vladimir Kanaykin]] had failed an out-of-competition test in April that year, testing positive for the blood-booster [[Erythropoietin|EPO]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/cycling/7542576.stm Russia athletes banned over drugs]. [[BBC Sport]] (2008-08-07). Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref> However, Borchin dismissed the claims, saying he had not given a positive test and he not trained with or spoken to any of the other Russian walkers. Borchin was allowed to compete and won the gold medal in the 20 km race at the Olympics.<ref>Pye, John (2008-07-16). [http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=73927 Olympics – Men’s 20km walk: Borchin wins, then walks into inquisition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315083908/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=73927 |date=2012-03-15 }}. AP/Malta Independent. Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref><ref>Koranyi, Balazs (2008-08-16). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-athletics-men-walk-idUSPEK16671020080816 Champ Borchin brushes off drug links]. [[Reuters]]. Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref> It was not explained why Borchin was allowed to compete – in spite the admittance of a positive test by the Russian Athletics Federation, he did not receive a doping ban and was allowed to keep his medal and continue racing.<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/borchins-tainted-gold-makes-mockery-of-long-march-1457560.html Borchin's tainted gold makes mockery of long march]. ''[[Irish Independent]]'' (2008-08-17). Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref>
He won his first world title the next year with a victory at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Championships]]. Borchin was absent for the 2010 season, which featured no major championships, and returned to compete the following year. He opened his 2011 season with a win at the 20th edition of the [[International Race Walking Grand Prix]] in [[Rio Maior]] in April.<ref>Fernandes, António Manuel (2011-04-09).[http://www.iaaf.org/WRC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59710.html Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref>
=== 2012 Olympics === In the 20 kilometre walk during the [[2012 London Olympics]], Borchin collapsed within 2 kilometres (1.6 miles) of the finish. The race was eventually won by [[Chen Ding]] of the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref name="london collapse">{{cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/olympics/athletics-london-2012/olympic-champion-collapses-during-walk-20120805-23n46.html |title=Olympic champion collapses during walk |work=Brisbane Times | last=Spits| first=Scott |date=5 August 2012 |agency=AFP |access-date=2012-08-05 }}</ref>
===Disqualification=== On 20 January 2015 Borchin was disqualified for 8 years starting from 15 October 2012, and all his results between 14 July 2009 and 15 September 2009, between 16 June 2011 and 27 September 2011 as well as between 11 April 2012 and 3 September 2012 (which include two world championship golds) were annulled.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39|title=Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика|date=20 January 2015|publisher=Russian Anti-Doping Agency|language=ru|access-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120155510/http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39|archive-date=20 January 2015}}</ref> On 25 March 2015 the IAAF filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne, Switzerland, questioning the selective disqualification of the suspension periods of the six athletes involved including Borchin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/russian-doping-appeal-rusada|title=IAAF appeals six decisions recently made by RUSADA| News}}</ref> On March 24, 2015, the court rules all of his marks from August 14, 2009, to October 15, 2012, were also disqualified.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rusada.ru/en/press/news/the-decisions-of-the-lausanne-switzerland-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-regarding-the-ru |title=The decisions of the Lausanne (Switzerland) Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding the Russian Athletes | RUSADA |access-date=2016-06-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625081035/http://www.rusada.ru/en/press/news/the-decisions-of-the-lausanne-switzerland-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-regarding-the-ru |archive-date=2016-06-25 }}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of doping cases in athletics]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Commons category-inline|Valeriy Borchin}}
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