Career
He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships finishing seventh. His personal bests in the event are 17.29 metres outdoors (+02 m/s, Gwangju 2015) and 16.94 metres indoors (Moscow 2015). In May 2011 Sorokin tested positive for the stimulant Carphedon and was subsequently handed a 2-year ban from sports.
The ban ended 26 May 2013.