MOSCOW: A Russian sprinter who gave evidence of alleged doping involving a leading coach has been banned for four years for his own drug offences.

The All-Russia Athletics Federation says that Alexander Khyutte received the ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) for a failed drug test, an attempt to use a banned substance, and an attempt to avoid drug testing.

After he was accused of the offenses, Khyutte had contacted track’s world governing body, the IAAF, with allegations that his former coach Zukhra Vereshchagina and other Russian athletes were involved in drug use.

The IAAF said earlier this month that it was investigating Vereshchagina.

Published in Dawn, April 23rd, 2017