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- Updated: October 26, 2016
Former world steeplechase champion Ekaterina Volkova of Russia is among three track and field athletes to have been sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee for doping offences at the 2008 Olympics.
Volkova, the 2007 global champion and Beijing bronze medallist, along with Spanish hurdler Josephine Onyia and Cuban long jumper Wilfredo Martinez, are expected to have their results from those Games annulled following retests of doping samples.
Re-analysis of Volkova’s samples resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance …
