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Aussie runner set for world medal after rival cops ban

Georgia Griffith is set to be belatedly given the first major medal of her career -- a world bronze. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Georgia Griffith stands to be awarded her first ever major global medal with the Australian middle-distance runner poised to be belatedly handed a World Indoor Championship bronze following a doping violation by an Ethiopian rival.

Diribe Welteji took the silver at last year's global event in Nanjing but she's going to be stripped of it after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Thursday the 23-year-old should be banned until the middle of next year for an anti-doping rules infraction.

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