Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova must forfeit her 2011 World Championships gold medal and her 2012 Olympic bronze medal for a blood doping violation, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Chernova, previously banned by Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency from 2013 to 2015 for a failed retest of a 2009 sample for an anabolic steroid, was given a further three-year, eight-month ban by the court Tuesday. The previous two-year ban will be deducted from the new ban that’s backdated to Feb. 5, 2016.
Additionally, all of Chernova’s results from Aug. 15, 2011, to July 22, 2013, are annulled, a stretch that includes her medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics.