2006 Grandma’s Marathon champion disqualified and banned for doping
Posted December 17th, 2006 at 4:06 PM by Jenna Sumara
Section: News & Results, Announcements, Marathons, Drugs In Sports
Six months after the completetion of the Grandma’s Marathon, women’s champion, Halina Karnatsevich, has been disqualified for failing her post-race drug test.
The race was originally held on July 17th in Duluth, Minnesota.
Officials have now declared Ukrainian Svetlana Nekhorosh the winner. Nekhorosh will now also receive the $8,000 prize purse.
Race director, Scott Keenan released a statement about the disqualification stating:
“It has always been the policy of Grandma’s Marathon to work closely with the governing bodies of our sport. Drug testing has been conducted at our race in 1987, 1990, 1994 and 2006, and we will continue to encourage USA Track and Field to include Grandma’s Marathon in its schedule for drug testing in the future.”
This is an unfortunate incident and very disappointing that Karnatsevich, who had won the race by nearly four minute (2:33:39), is yet another example of how performance-enhancing drugs have run rampant through the world of running. She will also receive a two-year ban from competition.
Research sources and for further reading: [Grandma’s Marathon], [Running Times]
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Tags: ban, banned, disqualified, disqualify, doping, drug test, drug use, grandmas marathon, Halina Karnatsevich, performance enhancing drugs, Svetlana Nekhorosh
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The Final Sprint
You can’t even tell in that picture, but check out other pictures of her - how ANYONE could not know she was doping is BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING!! haha, it’s like Marion Jones saying she never takes any performance enhancing drugs, haha - I mean - ARE U KIDDING ME?!??! haha
December 17th, 2006 at 7:42 pm