Dmitry Vladimirovich Gaag (Дмитрий Владимирович Гааг; born March 20, 1971, in

Karaganda Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty (Alma-Ata), Astana a ...

) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the d ...

. Gaag competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. He took fourth place with a total time of 1:49:03.57. He competed again at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, dropping to twenty-fifth place with a time 1:56:28.97. On September 6, 2008, Gaag was banned for two years beginning June 20, 2008, after testing positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO).

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