Universiade Women's 5000 m Gold and Silver Medalists Bârcă and Golovkina Banned for Positive Drug Tests
Thank you to Hilary Evans and reader Joe West for pointing out this story.
2013 Kazan Universiade (World University Games) women's 5000 m gold medalistRoxana Bârcă of Romania has received a ban for testing positive at the Universiade in connection with her win on July 11.
http://www.antena3.ro/en/sport/romanian-athlete-roxana-barca-gold-medalist-in-kazan-tested-positive-for-doping-223161.html
With Bârcă's medal retracted silver medalist Olga Golovkina of Universiade host Russia is apparently elevated to gold, with Japan's bronze medalist Ayuko Suzuki (Nagoya Univ.) and 4th-placer Mai Shoji (Chukyo Univ.) moving up to silver and bronze respectively. However, Golovkina herself has received a two-year ban for testing positive for steroids in an out-of-competition test five days after the Universiade women's 5000 m.
http://en.ria.ru/sports/20131005/183957328.html
As Golovkina's positive test was subsequent to her Universiade run it appears that she will still receive the…
2013 Kazan Universiade (World University Games) women's 5000 m gold medalistRoxana Bârcă of Romania has received a ban for testing positive at the Universiade in connection with her win on July 11.
http://www.antena3.ro/en/sport/romanian-athlete-roxana-barca-gold-medalist-in-kazan-tested-positive-for-doping-223161.html
With Bârcă's medal retracted silver medalist Olga Golovkina of Universiade host Russia is apparently elevated to gold, with Japan's bronze medalist Ayuko Suzuki (Nagoya Univ.) and 4th-placer Mai Shoji (Chukyo Univ.) moving up to silver and bronze respectively. However, Golovkina herself has received a two-year ban for testing positive for steroids in an out-of-competition test five days after the Universiade women's 5000 m.
http://en.ria.ru/sports/20131005/183957328.html
As Golovkina's positive test was subsequent to her Universiade run it appears that she will still receive the…