In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Noskov was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.[4][5]
In October 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided to disqualify five Russian track and field athletes, including Ivan Noskov, because traces of Erythropoietin (EPO) were detected in all of the athletes.[6][7]