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Whistleblower Stepanova in Boston Indoor

Yulia Stepanova, the athlete who exposed systematic cheating in Russian sports, makes her return to running in the Boston Indoor Grand Prix.

Yulia Stepanova
Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova returns to the track at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix. (AAP)

Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova is planning to return to the track this weekend at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix.

Stepanova appears on the start list for the women's 800m in Saturday's meet.

She will be considered a neutral athlete, a status approved by the IAAF after she gave evidence to the World Anti-Doping Agency of systematic cheating in Russian sports.

She also competed as a neutral at last year's European championships.

Stepanova has been living with her husband in the United States.

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Their testimony played a central role in the IAAF's decision to suspend Russia's track and field federation from global competition and exclude all but one member of its team from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August.


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