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Mikhail Ryzhov (racewalker)

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Mikhail Mikhailovich Ryzhov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Рыжов; born 17 December 1991) is a Russian race walker. He won the silver medal in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, but was disqualified for doping in 2015.[1]

Noskov, Ryzhov and Tallent at 50 km walk race in Moscow

Doping case

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In September 2015 IAAF confirmed that Ryshov was provisionally suspended after a sample from an out-of-competition control in Saransk in June had been found positive for a prohibited substance.[2][3]

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 2nd 20 km 1:24:26
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 17th 50 km 3:53:49
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 2nd 50 km 3:44:41
1st Team - 50 km 12 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russia DSQ (2nd) 50 km 3:38:58
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 1st 50 km 3:39:05
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 4th 50 km 3:39:07
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain DSQ (1st) 50 km 3:43:32
DSQ (1st) 50 km - Team 8 pts

References

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  1. ^ "Ireland's Rob Heffernan celebrates 'completely surreal' 50 km walk gold". Daily Telegraph. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ^ James Ellingworth: 6 Russian race walkers suspended over positive drug tests Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, bigstory.ap.org, 22 September 2015
  3. ^ "Всероссийская федерация легкой атлетики | Признание санкций ИААФ".
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