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Dutch runner Herzog banned for doping

Xinhua, February 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Dutch cross-country runner Adrienne Herzog has been banned for two years after testing positive in the United States last year.

The Dutch Athletics Federation provisionally banned in May last year the two-time bronze medalist at the European cross-country championships following a positive test on March 16.

The Dutch federation didn't elaborate on what form of doping she was found to have used. Endi