Vita Semerenko disqualified for doping

Famous Ukrainian biathlete Vita Semerenko has been banned for a year for violating anti-doping rules, the National Anti-Doping Center of Ukraine (NADC) reports. The 38-year-old from Sumy missed three doping tests during the calendar year.

The period of disqualification of the Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in the relay will be calculated from the moment of her temporary suspension: from March 20, 2024.

Semerenko is a seven-time winner of world championships, winner and medalist of the World Cup in biathlon, and multiple European champion. At the XXIII World Winter Universiade, she won 4 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).

At the 2008 World Championships in Estersund, Vita took second place in the relay race. At the 2011 World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Semerenko won a bronze medal in the individual race. At the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Vita Semerenko won the second bronze medal in her career in the sprint.

At the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the flag bearer of the Ukrainian national team. She is a full member of the Order of Princess Olga.

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