Anastasiya Kapachinskaya

Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya ( _ru. Анастасия Александровна Капачинская) (born November 20, 1979 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a sprint athlete.

At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol. She denied all knowledge of how it had happened and during the two year ban that she has received has vowed to work with the World Anti-Doping Agency promoting sports without drugs, joining Kelli White of the United States of America who also fell foul of the same rules after traces of modafinil were found in her urine sample.

In a statement [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/06/01/sprinter.shtml] she said "It’s an accident, I swear I did not take any banned substances, but I do not deny that they were tested in my samples. It was my negligence."

It is an ironic state of affairs as Anastasiya was awarded the 200 m 2003 World Championship title after White was stripped of her title. Torri Edwards (USA) who was awarded the 100 m title at the same event after White's disqualification, and stepped into the silver medal position in the 200 m has also failed a drug test and faces a ban herself. The only person who came out of the race without suspicion was Muriel Hurtis of France who was awarded the bronze medal.

Major achievements

*2002
**Russian Championships - Cheboksari.
***400 m bronze medal
**European Championships - Munich, Germany.
***4 x 400 m relay silver medal
*2003
**World Championships - Paris, France.
***200 m gold medal
***4 x 400 m relay silver medal
**Russian Indoor Championships - Tula.
***200 m gold medal
**World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
***200 m bronze medal
**1st IAAF World Athletics Final - Monaco.
***200 m third place
**European Cup - Florence, Italy.
***200 m gold medal

ee also

* List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences