Irish athlete Geraldine Hendricken was today given a two-year suspension after the 1500-metre runner was found guilty of a doping offence.
Earlier this year Hendricken was suspended from competition following a positive test for 19-norandrosterone, a metabolite of a banned anabolic steroid.
Following an examination of the B sample and a hearing earlier this month, she has now been handed a two-year ban.
In her defence Hendricken contested that her dietary supplement had been contaminated, a view that appears to have been vindicated by the Athletics Ireland judgement on the case.
Athletics Ireland commissioned the German Sports Institute in Cologne to conduct an analysis of these supplements.
The Cologne laboratory reported that the supplements contained an anabolic androgenic steroid, which could lead to a positive test for norandrosterone.