LONDON - Disgraced Russian athlete Liliya Shobukhova will have to repay organisers of the London Marathon almost pound sterling400,000 (476,000 euros, $527,000) a British court ordered Tuesday. Despite the court ruling on Tuesday the London Marathon organisers face the trickier route now of having the order enforced in Russia. "The next step is to get the judgment enforced in Russia," said Nick Bitel, chief executive of the company London Marathon Events. "Any money we get back will be redistributed to the athletes that Shobukhova cheated out of their rightful dues." Bitel said that marathon runners these days faced increasing scrutiny and dope testing not only by the sport's world governing body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Source: Bangkok Post July 19, 2016 11:15 UTC