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Meleshina handed two-year ban


Russian long jumper Irina Meleshina, a silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has been handed a two-year ban by the All-Russian Athletic Federation after failing a drugs test.

The 29-year-old tested positive for testosterone on February 7.

According to a statement on the federation’s website, Meleshina’s ban has been backdated to being on February 21, expiring on February 20, 2014.


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