Tatyana Tomashova's silver medal in the women's 1500m at the 2012 London Olympics has officially been taken awayTomashova became the latest participant in that race to be banned after she was initially awarded the silver medalThe now 49-year-old Russian athlete was also banned for 10 years,

The raft of disqualifications means Ethiopia’s Abeba Aregawi now holds the silver medal for the women’s 1500m final and American Shannon Rowbury, who finished sixth, has been awarded the bronze

The report stated: "Tomashova is the latest athlete to be punished after analysis of her data held in the Moscow anti-doping laboratory showed she had been taking banned drugs.

This ban includes the disqualification of Tomashova’s results from June 21, 2012 until January 3, 2015, including the silver medal which was awarded to her in 2018 after the first two finishers of the London 2012 final – Alptekin and Bulut – were disqualified for doping violations.

Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova's 2012 Olympic 1500m silver medal has been annulled following her 10-year doping ban by the Court of Arbitration

Russian Tatyana Tomashova's result in the women's 1,500 metres at the 2012 London Olympics has been officially annulled, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday.