FILE PHOTO: Sergey Bakulin of Russia bites his gold medal after the men's 50 km race walk final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu September 3, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian race walker Sergey Bakulin has been suspended for eight years for an anti-doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday.
Bakulin, who has served a doping suspension in the past, had already been stripped of his 50 km world title from 2011.
