Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Top Russian race walker Igor Erokhin gets lifetime ban for doping

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Top Russian race walker Igor Erokhin gets lifetime ban for doping

This just in! Remember this image from the 2012 London Olympics?


It shows Rob Heffernan finishing 4th in the mens 50 km walk. The Russian who finished just behind him in 5th place was Igor Erokhin.

Back in 2008, Erokhin failed a doping test and served a two year ban.

Today, it was announced on a Russian News website that he has now been banned for life after problems were found with his biological passport. All of his results since the 25th of February 2011 will be cancelled, including his 5th place in the Olympics.

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