5 Russian athletes banned for doping

Five Russian athletes have been given two-year doping bans for offenses at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 track and field world championships, the All-Russian Athletics Federation has said. The five include Antonina Krivoshapka, who won silver with the Russian 4×400 relay team at the Olympics, and Yevgenia Kolodko, who was the 2012 Olympic shot put silver medalist. Both had previously been stripped of those medals by the International Olympic Committee. Krivoshapka’s ban means she is likely to be stripped of 4×400 gold and individual 400 bronze medals from the 2013 world championships.

There are also two-year bans for pole vaulter Dmitry Starodubtsev , who was fourth at the Olympics and discus thrower Vera Ganeyeva, who was 23rd at the Olympics.Hammer thrower Anna Bulgakova was given a ban for failing a retest of the sample she gave when finishing fifth at the 2013 worlds.