Background
Krivelyova was born in Bryansk, Russia.
Krivelyova was born in Bryansk, Russia.
Her most unlikely victory came at the World Indoor Championships. She was awarded the after Ukraine"s Vita Pavlysh was stripped of her title for failing a drugs test. This was the second time Pavlysh was found to have taken anabolic steroids and lost a World indoor title.
She was subsequently banned from athletics for life.
Despite being world ranked number 1 in the run up to the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Krivelyova could only manage to finish fourth to match her finish at the Sydney Olympics. The International Olympic Committee retested the samples from the Olympics and diagnosed a positive test.
Krivelyova lost her third place to Nadzeya Ostapchuk (the was not awarded). In April 2013, she was banned from competitions for two years.
1991 Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece. disqualified ().