Montsho banned for two years

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The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) has handed former 400m world champion, Amantle Montsho the maximum punishment after she was found guilty of taking a banned stimulant.

The ban effects from the day Montsho was suspended, which was soon after her race at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in July 2014.

An A sample found traces of a banned stimulant, methylhexaneamine in her system and Montsho requested a B sample, which also returned positive.

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