Another London 2012 runner from 1,500m race disqualified - bringing total to five

More than 12 years aft the London Olympics, Russia's Tatyana Tomashova has been officially disqualified from the women's 1,500m aft investigating affirmative for anabolic steroids.

She is present the 5th of 13 athletes successful the last astatine the 2012 Games to person a authorisation for an anti-doping regularisation violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said successful a statement.

The contention ranks among the astir tainted events successful Olympic past pursuing much than a decennary of doping revelations and ineligible battles.

Tomashova, present 49, was banned for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) successful September and did not appeal. It means she volition present beryllium stripped of her metallic medal.

CAS said she tested affirmative for anabolic steroids successful samples she gave successful June and July 2012, weeks up of the Olympics successful London.

The AIU, which oversees doping cases successful way and field, said the lawsuit was based connected records which emerged overmuch aboriginal following cover-ups astatine what was past the Moscow anti-doping laboratory.

She primitively finished 4th successful the race, but was awarded metallic aft respective athletes received bans.

Ethiopian-born Bahraini Maryam Yusuf Jamal, who finished 3rd successful London, was promoted to golden aft Turkish duo Asli Cakir Alptekin and Gamze Bulut, who finished archetypal and second, were disqualified years later.

Tomashova's disqualification should besides rise Abeba Aregawi into the metallic medal presumption and Shannon Rowbury of the United States - who finished successful sixth spot - into bronze.

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"We are committed to protecting the integrity of athletics and, adjacent erstwhile events person agelong passed, we volition analyse imaginable violations fully," AIU seat David Howman said successful a statement.

"I judge this result volition inactive beryllium meaningful for those who are justly recognised arsenic a consequence."

The AIU said this was Tomashova's 2nd violation. She was antecedently banned for 2 years and 9 months successful 2009 "for tampering with the doping power process".

The IOC has last support to reallocate medals and the committee is acceptable to conscionable adjacent month.

Medal presumption ceremonies tin beryllium held astatine a satellite championships oregon a aboriginal Olympics, the adjacent summertime games is successful 2028 successful Los Angeles.