Olympic distance runner Zane Robertson has received an eight-year ban after failing a drug test and tampering with the doping control process, the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand announced on Wednesday.

New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner Zane Robertson, who competed at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, has been banned for eight years for doping and interfering with the testing process, the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand said on Wednesday.

Commonwealth Games medallist Zane Robertson was banned from all sports for eight years by a tribunal in New Zealand on Wednesday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug and falsifying documents.

It is being described as a deeply sad and disappointing day, and tonight, Zane Robertson is a tarnished name. As reported earlier, the Kiwi runner, and 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist has been banned for eight years for testing positive for EPO and tampering.

Kiwi Olympic long-distance runner Zane Robertson has been handed an eight-year ban after testing positive for a banned substance and providing false documentation in his defence. Drugfree Sport NZ announced Robertson returned a positive sample for Erythropoietin (EPO) from a test conducted at the UK's Great Manchester Run in May 2022,

Multiple national record-holder Zane Robertson tampered with evidence, claimed he had been given a banned substance as part of a Covid treatment in Kenya.