MONACO (AP) " Former Boston Marathon winner Lidiya Grigoryeva has been banned for 2 1/2 years for doping. The IAAF says the 42-year-old Grigoryeva, who won the Boston Marathon in 2007 and the Chicago Marathon in 2008, was banned under the biological passport program, which tracks suspicious blood parameters over a long period. There is also a four-year ban for Russian middle-distance runner Larisa Kleimenova, who tested positive at last year's Russian relay championships. Moroccan middle-distance runner Amine Laalou was also among the athletes whose doping bans were confirmed by the IAAF on Wednesday. Grigoryeva, a Russian citizen, was also a European bronze medalist in the 10,000 meters in 2006.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 29, 2016 13:52 UTC