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Drug ban for Canadian Yaremczuk at Dublin marathon

Natasha Yaremczuk was 10th last year
Natasha Yaremczuk was 10th last year

Canadian athlete Natasha Yaremczuk has been banned for 14 months after she tested positive for prohibited substances during the 2017 Dublin Marathon.

The 38-year-old former triathlon World Cup winner finished 10th in Dublin last October but subsequently tested positive for stimulant DMBA and fat burner Higenamine, the same substance which led to a temporary ban for former Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho in 2016.

Sport Ireland say Yaremczuk "promptly admitted the violation" and has now been given a backdated 14-month ban, which expires on 29 December 2018.

Yaremczuk, who won the Reykjavik marathon in August last year, was also stripped of her 10th place result in Dublin.

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