Three Russian females athletes banned.

[Catwhoorg]

MOSCOW, July 3 (Reuters) - Three leading female Russian athletes, including European marathon champion Nailya Yulamanova, have been banned for two years for doping

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/track-and-field/euro-marathon-champ-yulamanova-banned-for-doping.html

Wonder how many more pre-olympic bans there will be ?

 

[Catwhoorg]

Ack that thread title should be THREE Russian ...

 

[Tyler'sTwin]

Nike sucks.

http://www.letsrun.com/2012/block-0701.php

 

[Fausto's Schnauzer]

 

[Frosty]

Seven got banned before the 2008 Olympics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7544542.stm

 

[DirtyWorks]

Incredible!

Obligatory mention of how doping has leaped from cycling to athletics and mentions it's a longitudinal positive. Good for Russian Athletics!

The deniers in the Kenya thread probably have an excuse for this too. It may be time for a Track and Field/Marathon has a doping problem thread....

[update] http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1665618/Top-female-Russian-trio-banned-for-doping

 

[Bob Sanders]

Here is another link laying out the insane performances coming out of Russia over the last month or so. There is no way that many women could be doping without it being institutionalized. I doubt there is a clean Russian woman from 400m-10k

http://www.flotrack.org/article/13353-Russia-are-you-serious-Womens-1500-Meter-results