Arsen Kasabiev ( ka, არსენ კასაბიევი; russian: Арсен Касабиев) born 15 November 1987 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia) is a

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weightlifter of Ossetian origin. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

he placed 14th. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

he originally placed fourth, but due to the doping failure of Ilya Ilyin and Khadzhimurat Akkaev, he placed second. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China he initially gained attention for being from South Ossetia due to the

2008 South Ossetia war The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...

. He publicly announced that he no longer wanted to represent Georgia and moved to Poland afterwards. He was granted Polish citizenship in December 2009; he now represents Poland. He represented Poland at the

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, in the event Weightlifting Men's 94 kg. He did not finish, owing to an injury.

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