The presidium of the Russian Athletics Federation disqualified middle-distance runner Natalya Artyomova for life for testing positive for a banned substance and trying to deceive testers.
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Federation chairman Valentin Balakhichev said the federation's ruling body reviewed an earlier decision to disqualify Artyomova for four years.After Artyomova's positive doping test at a Grand Prix meet in Oslo, Norway, July 4, she allegedly tried to replace the positive blood sample and deceive doctors.