Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova, the Russian long-distance runner who competed in marathon races, has finally received a reprieve from the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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2. Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova, the Russian long-distance runner
who competed in marathon races, has finally received a reprieve
from the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Shobukhova, who was stripped of three Chicago and one
London Marathon titles, had her ban reduced by seven months
for providing “substantial assistance” to WADA. The 37-year-old
Russian athlete was banned for a period of three years and two
months after abnormalities were found in her athlete biological
passport. She was initially banned for a period of two years but
her ban was extended to run from January 24, 2013 to March 23,
2016 after the world governing body of athletics appealed to the
Court of Arbitration for Sports. Her ban is now reduced after
the World Anti-Doping Agency agreed to the cut in the
sanction and the athlete is now eligible to compete again.

3.  A WADA statement said it has agreed to a seven-month reduction in the
athlete’s sanction that brings the total length of the athlete’s ineligibility
period to two years and seven months, which ended on 23 August 2015. The
anti-doping agency remarked reduction in the ban was due to substantial
assistance that Shobukhova provided in line with the provisions of the world
anti-doping code. The statement also reads that Liliya Shobukhova
approached WADA in May 2014 to offer substantial assistance within the
meaning of the code and it was also disclosed that the athlete accepted from
the outset that she had committed an anti-doping rule violation.
 It was also remarked the information and documentation provided by
Shobukhova has been of substantial value in uncovering and investigating
anti-doping rule violations committed by other individuals, including athlete
support personnel and WADA considered the information provided by
Shobukhova to be of significant value to clean sport. Therefore, WADA
decided to exercise its authority and use the Substantial Assistance provisions
in the 2015 Code [Article 10.6.1.2; also reflected in Rule 40.7(a) (ii) of Chapter 3
of the IAAF Competition Rules].