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text: List of doping cases in athletics
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The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping) is prohibited within the sport of athletics. Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction. Athletes who are found to have banned substances in their possession, or who tamper with or refuse to submit to drug testing can also receive bans from the sport. Competitive bans may also be given to athletes who test positive for prohibited recreational drugs or stimulants with little performance-enhancing effect for competitors in athletics. The sports body responsible for determining which substances are banned in athletics is the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Typically, any athlete who tests positive for banned substances after having served a previous ban receives a lifetime ban from the sport of athletics. Many high-profile sportspeople to receive doping bans have come from the sport of athletics, with significant past cases concerning Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Shane Warne, Diego Maradona, Shoaib Akhtar, Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Furthermore, a number of athletes who underwent state-sponsored doping programmes in East Germany between the 1960s and 1980s were competitors in athletics, but the quality of the international anti-doping work was so poor that only one East German athlete ever tested positive. Following allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia, the IAAF suspended the country's athletes from competition, including the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Name Country Event Date of violation Banned substance ( s ) / Anti-doping rule violation Sanction
Chryste Gaines United States Sprinting 2003 2005 Modafinil ( positive test ) THG ( investigation : BALCO ) Public warning 2 years
Anton Galkin Russia Sprinting 2004 Stanozolol 2 years
Miguel Ángel Gamonal Spain Half marathon 2013 2015 Clenbuterol Biological passport 2 years 3 years
Alberto García Spain Long distance , cross country 2003 EPO 2 years
Sandra Gasser Switzerland Middle distance 1987 Steroids 2 years
Justin Gatlin United States Sprinting 2001 2006 Amphetamine Testosterone 1 year ( Reduced from 2 years ) 4 years
Tyson Gay United States Sprinting 2013 2012-2013 Positive test : Exogenous anabolic-androgenic steroid Investigation/Admittance 1 year
Tibor Gécsek Hungary Hammer throw 1995 Anabolic steroids 2 years ( Reduced from 4 years )
Ines Geipel East Germany Sprinting 1980 's Turinabol ( self-admitted ) -
Shitaye Gemechu Ethiopia Long distance 2009 EPO 2 years
Ivan Gertlein Russia Pole vault 2012 Testosterone 2 years
Nordine Gezzar France Middle/Long distance 2006 2012 Finasteride , nandrolone EPO 2 years 10 years
Rachid Ghanmouni Morocco Long distance 2006 Evading doping control 2 years
Ruqaya Al-Ghasra Bahrain Sprinting 2009 Epitestosterone 2 years
Alina Gherasim ( Alina Tecuţa ) Romania Long distance 2002 Anabolic steroids 2 years
Bouchra Ghezielle France Middle distance 2008 EPO 4 years
Patricia Girard France Sprinting 1990 Primobolan ( anabolic steroid ) 2 years
Sandra Glover United States Sprinting 2003 Modafinil Disqualification and public warning
Geronimo Goeloe Netherlands Antilles Sprinting 2008 Stanozolol 2 years
Thomas Goller Germany Hurdling 2010 Boldenone , SARMs 2 years