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- Updated: November 29, 2016
Jessica Ennis-Hill is set to become a three-time world heptathlon champion after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Russia’s Tatyana Chernova would be stripped of the 2011 World Championships gold having committed blood doping offences.
Chernova beat Britain’s Ennis-Hill in Daegu five years ago, but was banned from the sport in 2013 after a reanalysed urine sample from 2009 returned positive.
The Russian subsequently had a ban backdated, though the suspension handed to her by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) ended just 16 days before the World Championships, meaning she was initially allowed to keep her gold.
However, CAS has ruled that Chernova will be banned for three years and eight months starting from February 5, …
