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April 7 (Reuters) - Russia’s former world indoor 1,500 metres champion Yelena Soboleva has been handed an eight-year ban after she violated anti-doping regulations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Wednesday.
Soboleva, who set the world indoor record in 2008, had previously received a two-year suspension along with six other leading Russian women athletes ahead of the Beijing Olympics after manipulating their drug samples. She retired in 2013.
“Yelena Soboleva has been found guilty of anti-doping rule violations. and sanctioned with a period of ineligibility of 8 years starting from April 7 2021,” CAS said in a statement.