Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova receives 10-year ban for doping offences

Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova receives 10-year ban for doping offences

49-year-old stripped of 1500m silver from London 2012Race called ‘dirtiest in history’ after six runners banned

Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova has been banned from athletics for 10 years and stripped of the silver medal she won in the women’s 1500m at the 2012 Olympics. Tomashova was punished after testing positive in 2021 for anabolic steroids in retests of her out-of-competition samples from 21 June 2012 and 17 July 2012, the court of arbitration for sport said.

The 49-year-old is one of six athletes who finished in the top nine of the London final to have tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. Immediately after what has been called the “dirtiest race in history”, Britain’s Lisa Dobriskey, who finished 10th, told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I don’t believe I’m competing on a level playing field.”

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