Five Russian athletes are disqualified for doping
Elmira Alemonbekova. Photo: Olympteka.ru The sports arbitration court in Lausanne disqualified for violation of the anti-doping rules of the Russian walkers Ivan Noskov, Mikhail Ryzhov, Vera Sokolova, Denis Strelkov and Elmir Alemon, the CAS press service reports . Athletes are removed from the competition for four years. The samples of all these athletes, taken on June 2, 2015, gave a positive result for erythropoetin.