ATHENS — Greek distance runner Irini Kokkinariou was banned for four years Tuesday for blood doping after athletics officials won an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had appealed to the CAS to increase a two-year ban imposed by Greek officials after Kokkinariou, 31, was found guilty of blood doping in July, based on an abnormal biological passport, or blood profile, between 2009 and 2011. The CAS agreed with the IAAF that there were aggravating circumstances which merited an increased ban. — Reuters
