Mariya Savinova

Savinova was born in Chelyabinsk. In 2009, she became the European indoor champion in the 800-metres and the World indoor champion (also in the 800 m) one year later. She originally was awarded gold medals at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2013, she captured silver in the 800-metres in the World Championships in Moscow. ==Doping suspension==

In December 2014, in an undercover documentary filmed by a Russian whistleblower which aired on German TV, Savinova admitted to injecting testosterone and using the anabolic steroid oxandrolone. She said, "Oxandrolone is very quickly out of my body again. It takes less than 20 days. We have tested that. My husband has very good contacts at the doping control laboratory." The footage led to Savinova's blood samples being re-examined and launched an investigation by the World Anti-Doping Agency into Russia. In August 2015, the IAAF charged her with doping violations. The case was referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2017.” Not long after, in November 2015, Savinova was one of five Russian runners the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended to receive a lifetime ban for doping during the London Olympics, along with Ekaterina Poistogova. On 10 February 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a 43-page opinion ==International competitions==