ZURICH: Russia's Mariya Savinova-Farnosova has been stripped of her 800m London 2012 Olympic Games gold medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday imposed a four-year ban saying there was "clear evidence" she used performance-enhancing drugs. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said there was "clear evidence" that Savinova was involved in doping from before the European Championship in Barcelona in 2010 until the 2013 world championships in Moscow -- including for the 2012 London Games and the 2011 world championships in Daegu.–AFP Savinova's Olympic gold and 2011 world title now go to South Africa's Caster Semenya, making her a double Olympic champion, while Britain's Jenny Meadows' European bronze is upgraded to silver. The 31-year-old former 800 metre world and Olympic champion was among athletes that a commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended be banned for life in 2015.
Russian track and field athlete Mariya Savinova is banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport from partaking in any sporting events for four years and is stripped of her gold medal that she won in the 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics for doping between 2010 and 2013.