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2013 Osaka Ladies Marathon Osaka, Japan January 27, 2013 Photo: Yohei Kamiyama@PhotoRun Victah1111@aol.com 631-741-1865 www.photorun.NET
‚Ukraine Bans Three-Time Osaka International Ladies Marathon Champion for Four Years‘ – Brett Larner – Japan Running News
Tetiana (Gamera) Shmyrko was yet another athlete managed by Andrey Baranov to have received a doping ban following a win at a Japanese marathon, joining last year's Nagoya Women's Marathon winner Mariya Konovalova and 2011 Tokyo Marathon winner Tatyana Aryasova among others.
Shmyrko's Osaka wins cost Japan's Kayoko Fukushi (Team Wacoal) and Yukiko Akaba (Team Hokuren) home-soil wins, in Akaba's case in her final race before retiring, as well as taking victory from Jelena Prokopcuka (Latvia) this year.
Brett Larner – Japan Running News
