LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—Russian runner Mariya Savinova was stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal for doping on Friday, putting Caster Semenya in line to become a two-time champion. In 2014, Savinova was caught in undercover footage filmed by Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova appearing to admit to injecting testosterone and taking the banned steroid oxandrolone. CAS said the 31-year-old Savinova was “found to have been engaged in using doping” from July 2010 until August 2013. The original bronze medallist in the 2012 Olympic final, Ekaterina Poistogova of Russia, is also under investigation for doping. In the footage filmed by Stepanova, Savinova said doping was the only way to succeed in Russian sport.

Source: thestar February 10, 2017 15:00 UTC