MOSCOW — European indoor silver medalist Olesya Syreva has been banned for two years for breaking anti-doping regulations, the Russian athletics federation (VFLA) said Sunday. The 29-year-old middle-distance runner had shown an "abnormal haemoglobin profile in her biological passport", the VFLA said on its website. Marathon runner Mikhail Lemaev, who finished 45th in the men's marathon at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, was also given a two-year ban for the same offense, the VFLA said. Syreva's ban began Friday and all her results since March 3, 2011 had been annulled, the VFLA added. The Russian will now lose her medal. — Reuters