Russian Tokyo Olympic doper cops ban

Updated October 22 2021 - 1:12am, first published 1:10am
Russia's Igor Polyanskiy (c) has become the first Tokyo Olympian banned for doping.
Russia's Igor Polyanskiy (c) has become the first Tokyo Olympian banned for doping.

In the first formal disqualification of a Tokyo Olympics athlete for doping, Russian Igor Polyanskiy has been banned for three years.