Five Russians banned for doping infractions

A Russian hammer thrower has been banned for doping after testing positive for a cocktail of four different drugs. The Russian track and field federation said Tatyana Kachegina’s sample contained the anabolic steroids turinabol and stanozolol, as well as the heart drug meldonium and GHRP-2, which prompts the body to make more growth hormone. She has been banned for four years. The federation said bans were also handed to four other Russian athletes. Three were for positive doping tests and one for failing to give a sample. The Russian national team has been barred from international track competitions since 2015 because of widespread doping. Kachegina and the others banned Thursday aren’t among the many Russians who have been approved by the IAAF to compete internationally.