Igor Erokhin
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Igor Nikolayevich Yerokhin or Erokhin (russian: Игорь Николаевич Ерохин, 4 September 1985 in
Saransk Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located ...
) is a Russian former race walker. He was a participant of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and finished in 5th place in the
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. In 2011, he placed second at the
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.


Career

Yerokhin competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but tested positive for prohibited substances and was subsequently disqualified for two years. In August 2013 the Russian Athletics Federation announced that Yerokhin had received a further ban after abnormal hematological profile indicators were found on his
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. He received a life ban and was stripped of all his results since 25 February 2011. This included his 5th-place finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics and his 2nd place at the
European Race Walking Cup The European Race Walking Team Championships (European Race Walking Cup until 2021) is a race walking event established in 1996, and organised by the European Athletic Association. In 1996, the team scores were calculated by aggregating the point ...
.


See also

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* Living people 1985 births People from Saransk Sportspeople from Mordovia Russian male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub