Nikolai Vedehin (born 9 October 1985) is an

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n athletics competitor. He was born in

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. He started his athletics exercising in 2001, coached by Jevgeni Terentjev. 2004-2013 his coach was Harry Lemberg. He is multiple-times Estonian champion in different running disciplines. Vedehin was tested positive for the prohibited substance

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in an out of competition test in

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on 5 February 2015. He was initially given a four-year ban, which was later reduced to two years, because it was ruled that he did not intentionally take the substance. Records: * 800 m: 1.48,48 (2011) * 1000 m: 2.21,18 (2007) * 1500 m: 3.41,83 (2009) * 1 mile: 3.59,93 (2012) * half marathon: 1:03.50 (2014)

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Living people 1985 births 21st-century Estonian sportsmen Doping cases in athletics {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub