Merab Sharikadze: Ex Georgia Captain Banned for 11 Years for Cheating Anti-Doping Rules

Georgia ex-captain banned 11 years for urine-swap anti-doping scheme

Former Georgia rugby captain Merab Sharikadze has been banned for 11 years over his role in a urine-swap scheme that helped several of his national teammates...

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Georgia’s Merab Sharikadze gets 11-year ban for role in urine-swapping rugby doping scandal

Former captain, 32, won more than 100 caps for GeorgiaWorld Rugby found evidence of urine sample swapsThe biggest anti-doping investigation in World Rugby’s history has resulted in six of Georgia’s men’s team and a medical official being handed lengthy bans, with their former captain Merab Sharikadze suspended for 11 years. Working alongside the World Anti-Doping Agency, evidence was uncovered of urine swapping and advance warning of drug tests …

Ex-Georgia skipper Sharikadze banned for 11 years

Former Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze was one of six players handed lengthy bans from rugby for their part in a scheme involving alleged sample substitution and advance warnings of drug tests, World Rugby said.

Merab Sharikadze: Ex Georgia captain banned for 11 years for cheating anti-doping rules

Former Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze is banned for 11 years for violating anti-doping rules, with five team-mates handed suspensions of up to six years.

Rugby doping scandal sees six Georgia players get long bans, including one for 11 years

DUBLIN (AP) — Six players from Georgia’s rugby team have been handed long bans — including one for 11 years — for their involvement in a urine-swapping scheme to cheat anti-doping tests in one of the sport's biggest corruption scandals.