US EditionUkraine Track-and-Field Star Bekh-Romanchuk Banned 4 Years for Doping
- Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk was banned for four years after testing positive for testosterone, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit.
- Her ban will end in May 2029, impacting her ability to compete in major events like the 2028 Olympics.
- She tested positive in December 2023 while training in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, the AIU reported.
- The AIU found that Bekh-Romanchuk did not prove her claim that her testosterone level was due to a medical condition and treatment.
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The Ukrainian wide- and three-jumper Maryna Bech-Romantschuk has been blocked for four years due to a positive doping test. At the 30-year-old, the use of testosterone has been proven, as the independent Integrity Commission (AIU) of the World Athletics Association announced on Tuesday. The barrier applies retroactively from 13 May this year. Since then Bech-Romantschuk has been suspended. Furthermore, all results will be cancelled from 7 Decemb…
Testosterone found in Ukrainian athlete's system
At the end of last year, Ukrainian far and three-jumper Maryna Bech-Romantschuk will be tested positively. In May, she will be suspended - and now blocked. On Instagram, she announces a big explanation and complains of poor investigations.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has suspended for a period of four Ukrainian Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk , a global runner-up and triple jumper, for a positive for testorena.The Ukrainian athlete (29 years old) had already been temporarily suspended in May 2025 after she tested positive for testosterone on 7 December 2024, an anabolic steroid.«The AIU has suspended Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk for four years from 13 May 2025 for the presence/use of a proh…
She was dueling with Malaika Mihambo, but for the time being it won't happen, because Maryna Bech-Romanchuk has been locked up for doping.
The Ukrainian Maryna Bech-Romanchuk was one of the great rivals of long jump star Malaika Mihambo for years. Because of dopings, she now faces the premature end of her career. The athlete defends herself.
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