Blonska banned for life.8/30/2008 4:43:08 PM Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska has been given a lifetime ban after testing positive for an anabolic steroid at the Olympic games. Blonska, 30, who was stripped of the heptathlon heptathlon: see under decathlon. heptathlon Women's athletics competition. Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and 200- and 800-m runs. silver medal after finishing behind compatriot com·pa·tri·ot n. 1. A person from one's own country. 2. A colleague. [French compatriote, from Late Latin compatri Nataliia Dobrynska in Beijing, tested positive for methyltestosterone on August 17. The Ukrainian athletics federation (UAF UAF University of Alaska Fairbanks UAF Unite Against Fascism (UK) UAF University of Arkansas at Fayetteville UAF Union de l'Action Feminine (French) ) said on its official website that Blonska was given the stiffest punishment because it was her second doping offence. Husband guilty Blonska's coach and husband Serhiy Blonsky also received a life ban. "The executive board of the Ukrainian athletics federation made a decision to ban Lyudmila Blonska and her coach Serhiy Blonsky for life," the UAF said in a statement. Blonska was stripped of her medal and kicked out of the Beijing Games by the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 (IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= ). Further sanctions The IOC also asked the International Association of Athletics Federations and the Ukrainian national association UNA was founded in 1894 when the first wave of immigrants from Ukraine came to the United States and Canada. Its purpose was to organize and educate Ukrainians in the New World, to provide them with leadership and representation and to make them aware of their national origin and cultural to impose any further sanctions. Blonska was also removed from the long jump final in Beijing for which she had qualified. She first served a two-year doping ban after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol in 2003. She returned to competition in July 2005. The heptathlon silver medal went to Hyleas Fountain of the US, who was moved up to second, with Russian Tatiana Chernova climbing into the bronze medal position. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2008 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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