Athletics doping scandal could

Athletics doping scandal could see Semenya claim delayed gold

Caster Semenya could be upgraded to Olympic gold following a massive doping scandal that has hit Russian athletics.

Athletics doping scandal could

South Africa’s darling of the 800m track, Caster Semenya, could be awarded a gold medal for the 2012 Olympics and the 2011 World Championships. A doping scandal has hit World Athletics and the woman who beat Semenya, Russian Mariya Savinova, is facing a lifetime ban from sport.

An international anti-doping commission recommended that Russia be banned from world athletics after it emerged that the country has been involved in widespread doping offences for years. The scandal revolves around accusations that money was demanded from top athletes to “hide” medical tests showing drug use.

Savinova and other Russian athletes could be stripped of their medals retroactively quite like Marion Jones and Ben Johnson were when they were caught out. If this is the case, Semenya’s silver medal from both events be upgraded to gold.