Wednesday 4 July 2012

Three Russian Female Athletes were Suspended

4th July 2012



Russian Athletics Federation on 3 July 2012 decided to suspend three Russian female athletes with the European Marathon Champion, Naiva Tulamanova. The three women are Svetlana Klyuka, Yevgenia Zinurova, Lithuania's Zivile Balciunaite.

European Marathon Champion 2010 Naiva Tulamanova was banned for two years. While Second winner in 800 meters European Champions in 2006 Svetlana Klyukaand 2011 European 800 indoor winner Yevgenia Zinurova, were suspended for anomalous indexes in their biometric passports and Lithuania's Zivile Balciunaite was disqualified and banned for using steroids.





The suspensions of Yulamanova and Klyuka have been backdated to February. The ban for Zinurova began from September.
All the three were suspended to compete in Russian championships as well as from London Olympics which is starting from 27 July 2012.

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