LAUSANNE: Asli Cakir Alptekin has agreed to be stripped of both her Olympic and European 1,500-metres titles and receive an eight-year ban for anomalies in her biological passport, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

The 29-year-old Turkish athlete struck the deal as she had risked a life ban having been suspended for doping for two years in 2004.

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