“I don’t think I’m competing on an even playing field,” she stated in an interview with the news.
With six of the first nine finishers—including Tatyana Tomashova—breaking anti-doping rules, the race has been called the dirtiest in history.
The 49-year-old Russian middle-distance runner was given a 10-year sports ban on Tuesday in addition to losing the silver medal she took home from the competition.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport penalized her after re-testing her out-of-competition samples from June 21, 2012, and July 17, 2012, revealed that she had tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2021.
Twelve years ago, Dobriskey’s British teammate Laura Weightman finished the race in eleventh place; however, as a result of other people having their results erased, she now stands sixth.
In the years since the London 2012 final, we went from 11th to 6th. After learning of Tomashova’s ban, Weightman posted on Instagram, saying, “Hard to comprehend.”
Tomashova, a two-time world champion who was also banned from competition in 2008, was initially placed fourth in the 1500m final, but her position was changed after Turkish competitors Gamze Bulut and Asli Cakir Alptekin were stripped of their medals due to doping.
