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12 Russian track and field athletes banned for doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has banned twelve Russian athletes for doping, including 2012 Olympic champion in high jump, Ivan Ukhov.
Three years of Ukhov’s results, including the 2012 Olympics, have been disqualified.
CAS acted on evidence from the McLaren report, which found Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme.
Cas says the athletes “participated in and/or benefited from anabolic steroid doping programs and benefited from specific protective methods” from London 2012 to the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
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Meanwhile, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had already banned Russia from competing in November 2015 and last month upheld the country’s suspension into 2019.
Following CAS ruling, the banned 12 athletes have 21 days to appeal against the decision.
The banned athletes are:
1. Vera Ganeeva (discus) – two-year ban from 2 July 2018
2. Tatyana Firova (400m) – four-year ban from 9 June 2016
3. Svetlana Shkolina (high jump) – four-year ban from 1 February 2019
4. Ivan Ukhov (high jump) – four-year ban from 1 February 2019
5. Lyukman Adams (triple jump) – four-year ban from 31 January 2019
6. Anna Bulgakova (hammer throw) – four-year ban from 29 March 2017
7. Gulfiya Agafonova-Khanafeeva (hammer throw) – eight-year ban from 6 January 2017
8. Tatyana Lysenko Beloborodva (hammer throw) – eight-year ban from 2 July 2016
9. Ivan Yushkov (shot put) – four-year ban from 2 July 2016
10. Mariya Bespalova (hammer throw) – already suspended since 26 October 2015
11. Yekaterina Galitskaia (100m hurdles) – four-year ban from 1 February 2019
12. Yuliya Kondakova (100m hurdles) – four-year ban from 1 February 2019
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