Tatyana Aryasova

Tatyana Aryasova (née Khmeleva; born 2 April 1979 in Baldayevo)[1] is a Russian long-distance runner who competes in the marathon.

On her return to international athletics, she won at the Los Angeles Marathon in what was her debut over the distance with a time of 2:29:09 hours.

She took part in the 2010 Bogota Half Marathon and finished in third place behind Shewarge Amare and Dire Tune.

[5] In January, 2012 Aryasova was stripped of her Tokyo Marathon win and given a two-year ban by the IAAF for testing positive for the masking agent hydroxyethyl starch (HES) in tests given at the Tokyo Marathon.

[6] Runner-up Noriko Higuchi replaced Aryasova as the official winner of the 2011 Tokyo Marathon.