2012 Olympic champion stripped of women's 1500-meter title for doping - SI.com
Olympic champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey has agreed to surrender her 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal and serve an eight-year ban for blood doping, the IAAF and CAS announced on Monday. The Turkish Athletics Federation cleared Alptekin of any doping charges in 2013. The IAAF found irregularities in her biological passport, which monitors doping over time, and appealed to the CAS. This is Alptekin's second positive test after she served a two-year ban for anabolic steroids while competing as a junior athlete at the 2004 World Junior Championships. Alptekin has agreed to annul all her results dating back to July 29, 2010, which would include gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and 2012 European Championships. The Turkish runner entered 2012 with a personal best of 4:02. 17 for 1,500-meters before lowering that mark to 3:56. 62. The new 2012 Olympic podium has Gamze Bulut of Turkey winning gold, Maryam Jamal of Bahrain taking silver and Tatyana... Tomashova has reportedly been withdrawn from the Russian national team that is competing at the IAAF World Championships starting this weekend, according to ARD TV. She previously served a two-year and nine month ban for doping from 2007 to 2011.... Source: www.si.com
