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Mariya Savinova Biography

Mariya Savinova is one of the most popular and richest Middle-Distance Runner who was born on August 13, 1985 in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Mariya Sergeyevna Savinova (Russian: Mariia Sergeevna Savinova ; born 13 August 1985) is a Russian former professional athlete who competed in the 800m. In 2017 she was found to be doping-related, and was banned in competition for four months and also had three years of her results wiped out and wiped out the majority of her professional career, including the Olympic gold medal.

On the 10th of February, 2017 The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld a four-year ban on Savinova and revoked her performance from July 2010 until August 2013, depriving from her the awards she received in the time.

In November of 2015, Savinova was among five Russian athletes that who the World Anti-Doping Agency recommended to be banned for life for doping in the London Olympics as well as Ekaterin