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- Updated: December 24, 2016
The former coach of Russian runner and whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova has been banned from the sport for 10 years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced.
Issuing its decision, the CAS said that Vladimir Mokhnev has been found to have violated International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rules “relating to possession, trafficking and administration of banned substances and/or methods”.
Mokhnev’s 10-year period of ineligibility began on the date of the decision announcement, December 23, 2016.
The CAS also announced a two-year period of ineligibility, …