Former Boston Marathon winner Grigoryeva banned for doping

Former Boston Marathon winner from Russia, Lidiya Grigoryeva, has been banned for 2.5 years for doping. She was banned under the biological passport program, which tracks suspicious blood parameters over a long period.

Published : Jun 30, 2016 11:38 IST , Monaco

42-year old Lidiya Grigoryeva has also won the 2005 Paris marathon (pictured above).
42-year old Lidiya Grigoryeva has also won the 2005 Paris marathon (pictured above).
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42-year old Lidiya Grigoryeva has also won the 2005 Paris marathon (pictured above).

Former Boston Marathon winner Lidiya Grigoryeva has been banned for 2.5 years for doping. The IAAF says the 42-year-old Grigoryeva, who won the Boston Marathon in 2007 and the Chicago Marathon in 2008, was banned under the biological passport program, which tracks suspicious blood parameters over a long period.

Grigoryeva, a Russian citizen, was also a European bronze medalist in the 10,000 meters in 2006. She does not lose any major titles or medals. The IAAF also announced a ban of 2.5 years for another Russian, distance runner Alyona Kudashkina. She is reportedly a former pupil of Viktor Chegin, a coach linked to more than 25 doping cases, mostly in race-walking.

There is also a four-year ban for Russian middle-distance runner Larisa Kleimenova, who tested positive at last year’s Russian relay championships. Moroccan middle-distance runner Amine Laalou was also among the athletes whose doping bans were confirmed by the IAAF on Wednesday.

The 34-year-old Laalou, a silver medalist at the 2010 African championships in the 1,500 meters, was banned for eight years for his second doping offense after failing an out-of-competition test in Morocco in April.

Laalou previously served a two-year ban between 2012 and 2014 after testing positive for the diuretic and masking agent furosemide. His latest ban runs until May 2024.

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