The former Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashovatwo-time world champion (2003, 2005) and two-time Olympic silver medalist (2004, 2012) in the 1,500 meters, received a 10-year ban on Tuesday for a new violation of anti-doping rules, as well withdrawing his second Olympic silver in London 2012 Games.
Retired from the courts, Tomashova, 49, was cleared at the end of 2021 after a new analysis of two tests carried out in competition, on June 21 and July 17, 2012, revealed the presence of banned anabolic steroids , as explained by Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in a press release.
Tomashova, along with six other Russian athletes, was already sentenced in 2008 to a two-year suspension for “fraudulent urine substitution” and was denied participation in Beijing 2008 Olympic Gamesafter winning silver four years ago when Athens 2004.
The CAS sole arbitrator imposed a more severe penalty on him: a 10-year suspension starting this Tuesday, as well as the annulment of all his results between June 21, 2012 and January 3, 2015, if where His second Olympic silver. in London 2012 is included.
In the British capital, the Russian initially occupied the fourth place, but finally advanced to the second place after the Turkish women were disqualified for doping. Çakir Alptekin and Gamze Bulut.
After the new CAS verdict, the Bahraini Maryam Yusuf Jamal remains in gold while the Ethiopian Abeba Aregawi and the American Shannon Rowbury silver and bronze can be awarded, respectively, a decision that corresponds to International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The CAS recalled that “it ruled as the court of first instance in this case, replacing the Russian Athletics Federation”, suspended since 2015 by International Federation due to an organized doping system.
Source: La Verdad
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