1. Yuliya Igorevna Stepanova is a Russian runner who specializes in the 800 metres track event.
11 Facts About Yuliya Stepanova
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Stepanova, then known as Yuliya Rusanova, started having testosterone injections at the suggestion of her coach, Vladimir Mokhnev, and later took anabolic steroids.
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WADA's former chief investigator, Jack Robertson, praised Yuliya Stepanova for giving information without asking for a reduction of her sentence, to which she was entitled as a whistleblower.
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On 24 July, the International Olympic Committee rejected the recommendation to allow Yuliya Stepanova to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics, citing her drug infraction in 2013, for which she had served her sentence.
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In October 2016, the IOC announced that it had offered to assist Yuliya Stepanova to continue her sports career.
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Yuliya Stepanova trained to compete at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics but did not compete.
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In July 2018, Yuliya Stepanova testified before the US Helsinki Commission in Washington, DC on the subject of doping in sports.
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Yuliya Stepanova was on a panel alongside Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Administration, Jim Walden, the attorney for Russian Whistle-blower Grigory Rodchenkov, and Katie Uhlaender, a four-time Olympian competitor in skeleton.
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Yuliya Stepanova claimed that speaking out against doping in Russia would have put her life at risk.
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Yuliya Stepanova married Vitaly Stepanov in 2009, and gave birth to their son in November 2013.
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Yuliya Stepanova now uses the surname Stepanova, the feminine form of Stepanov.