Russian race walker Medvedeva given 8-year doping ban

MONACO (AP) — Russian race walker Yekaterina Medvedeva has been banned for eight years for a second doping offense.
The 25-year-old Medvedeva was once one of Russia’s most promising young athletes after winning the world under-20 title in 2012.
The Athletics Integrity Unit brought the case after finding Medvedeva’s blood samples showed unnaturally high levels of hemoglobin, which transports oxygen.
Medvedeva argued that was because of a medical condition but a disciplinary trib