Russian Anna Chicherova, the 2012 Olympic high jump champion who was stripped of a separate Olympic medal for doping, reportedly said she retired at age 40. Chicherova said she submitted retirement ...

DAEGU, South KoreaDAEGU, South Korea — Her entire outlook changed since becoming a mother, Anna Chicherova of Russia won the high jump gold medal Saturday at the world championships. She cleared 6 ...

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 29: Anna Chicherova of Russia celebrates after winning bronze in the Women’s High Jump final during day eight of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at ...

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Chicherova, 35, tested positive for anabolic steroid turinabol last year following a reanalysis of a frozen sample submitted after the Chinese Games. She had appealed the decision of the International ...

MOSCOW (AP) Russia's team coach says Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova will miss next month's European championships in Zurich because of an injury. MOSCOW (AP) Russia's team coach says ...

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has suspended Russia’s 2012 Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova pending a probe into doping abuse during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, ...

Anna Chicherova in the World Championship high jump qualifying round in Moscow on Thursday. If Yelena Isinbayeva's appearance at the Luzhniki Stadium is anything to go by, Russian high jump star ...

Emotional Russian Anna Chicherova banished the pain of an injury-marred season to soar to gold in the women's high jump at the London Olympics. Sixth in Athens and a bronze medallist in Beijing, the ...

Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova has been stripped of her bronze medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics for doping, but keeps the gold medal she won four years later in London. The 34-year-old is one ...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 03: Anna Chicherova of Russia competes in the women’s high jumping event at the 2019 Russian Winter athletics indoor meeting in Moscow, Russia on February 03, 2019. (Photo by ...