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Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma

Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma

Soviet middle-distance runner


Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma (born 19 May 1963, Russian: Любовь Кирюхина-Цёма) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. She specialized in the 800 metres. She won bronze medals indoors at world and European level in 1987.

She represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.[1]

She competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics but was disqualified for doping.[2] She'd tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports.[3][4]

International competitions

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References

  1. Lyubov Tsyoma Archived 2012-12-18 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
  2. Butler, Mark et al. (2013). IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (archived). IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
  3. Reuters: New stars, but same old drug in veins, New Straits Times, 12 August 1997



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