Russian runner ordered to repay £377K to London Marathon


Russia's Liliya Shobukhova has been ordered to repay over £377,000 to London Marathon organisers once being illegal for doping. The thirty eight-year-old won the 2010 race however was later suspended for 38 months. The judgement to recover her look fees and prize for the 2010 and 2011 races desires implementing by Russia. "Cheats mustn't profit," aforesaid London Marathon Events Ltd chief Nick Bitel. "It are a protracted and troublesome method however we are going to pursue it." Bitel aforesaid any cash came by Shobukhova are decentralized to athletes that were "cheated out of their rightful dues". Shobukhova had her results from 2009 annulled and was conjointly stripped of Chicago Marathon wins in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Her ban was reduced by seven months, for aiding a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation.
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