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MOSCOW (AP) The IAAF says Olympic hammer throw champion Tatyana Beloborodova of Russia has been suspended in a doping case which could increase pressure on the country's track and field team.
Russian state media reported that a sample Beloborodova gave at the 2005 world championships had tested positive in a retest. The IAAF did not confirm the claim.
Beloborodova previously served a two-year ban for steroid use in 2007, and a second offense could leave her with a lengthy ban, potentially affecting the Olympic gold medal she won in 2012.
Beloborodova, who was known as Tatyana Lysenko until 2014, has also won two world championship gold medals and is a former world-record holder in the hammer.
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