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Meleshina handed drugs ban

Russian long jumper Irina Meleshina has been handed a two-year ban by the All-Russian Athletic Federation after failing a drugs test.

The 29-year-old, a silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, tested positive for testosterone on February 7.

According to a statement on the federation's website, Meleshina's ban has been backdated to being on February 21, expiring on February 20, 2014.