Nigerian-born Spanish hurdler Onyia banned for two years

     
 MADRID  Spanish 100m hurdler Josephine Onyia has been suspended for two years by her country's athletics federation (RFEA) after a second positive doping test, the IAAF confirmed on Tuesday.
It is a second two-year ban for the Nigerian-born athlete, who tested positive for a stimulant and then an anabolic agent within 11 days of competition in September 2008.
The RFEA cleared Onyia of any doping violation in 2008, but athletics' world ruling body, the IAAF, successfully filed two appeals through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
"The IAAF has received the documents from RFEA for the provisional suspension of Onyia for two years on November 22," an IAAF spokesman said.
 "The case is still under review and IAAF has 45 calendar days (starting from November 22) to file an appeal.
"If there is no appeal from IAAF side, Onyia will be eligible to compete again on August 3, 2013."