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Athletics-Santos banned for faking age, stripped of 2012 World Junior Championships gold

Athletics - IAAF Diamond League Final - Brussels, Belgium - September 1, 2017 Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic reacts after winning the Men's 400 metres REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/ File photo

(Reuters) - Dominican sprinter Luguelin Santos has been stripped of his World Junior Championships gold medal and banned for three years for age-manipulation violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday.

Santos, now 31, won 400 metres gold at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona.

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