Court Orders Liliya Shobukhova To Repay $500K To London Marathon For Doping

Court Orders Liliya Shobukhova To Repay $500K To London Marathon For Doping

A British court has ordered Russian marathon runner Liliya Shobukhova to repay prize and appearance money to the London Marathon.

Jul 19, 2016 by Dennis Young
Court Orders Liliya Shobukhova To Repay $500K To London Marathon For Doping
​By The Associated Press

London Marathon organizers say a British court has ordered Russian marathon runner Liliya Shobukhova to repay prize and appearance money after being banned for doping.

The High Court judgment mandates Shobukhova to repay 377,961.62 pounds ($498,000) plus costs relating to her 2010 marathon victory and second-place finish the following year in the British capital.

London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel says "the next step is to get the judgment enforced in Russia. It will be a long and difficult process but we will pursue it as we are determined that cheats should not benefit."

Shobukhova was stripped of her 2009-2011 results when the Russian federation initially banned her for two years for blood doping, and she was ordered to forfeit her prize money.

The IAAF appealed for a four-year ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A settlement was reached in June for Shobukhova to serve a three-year, two-month ban through March 2016.