15 November 2024, Lausanne – The Aquatics Integrity Unit has suspended Mr. Dmitriy Plyamin, coach of the Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for six months for violating Article 4.1.1 of the World Aquatics Rules on the Protection from Harassment and Abuse and Articles 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.5 of the World Aquatics Integrity Code. His six-month period of ineligibility runs from 5 November 2024 until 5 May 2025. A further six months of ineligibility shall be served if Mr. Plyamin is found to have committed another violation in the six months following the issuance of the decision. If such is the case, Mr. Plyamin will automatically be sanctioned with a six-month period of ineligibility, in addition to any other consequences imposed on him for the violation he committed.
During the suspension Mr. Plyamin is not allowed to hold any position within World Aquatics, any World Aquatics Continental Organisation, or any World Aquatics Member Federation or recognised body. The suspension shall also prevent him from taking part in any aquatic-related activities and/or events on behalf of World Aquatics, any World Aquatics Continental Organisation, or any World Aquatics Member Federation or recognised body, as well as participating or attending, in any capacity, in any aquatic competition.
Link to the decision.