Cassie Fien
Australian long-distance runner
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Cassie Fien (born 15 September 1985) is an Australian marathon runner.
Running career
She was a three-time competitor at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[1]
She finished 12th at the 2015 New York City Marathon.[2]
In 2016, Fien won the Oceania Half Marathon Championships after two previous runner-up finishes.[3] The 2016 race was the half marathon featured along with the Gold Coast Marathon.[4]
She finished 8th at the 2016 Berlin Marathon.[5]
Fien is a two-time winner of Sydney's City2Surf.[6]
She is also a three-time winner of the Bridge to Brisbane.[7]
9-month ban after positive test for banned substance
On 7 February 2018, Cassie Fien accepted a nine-month ban and waived a hearing after testing positive for the banned substance Higenamine. Fien tested positive in an out-of-competition test in April 2017. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) said Higenamine was increasingly being found in dietary supplements, though often listed under different names. Fien's ban, imposed by Athletics Australia, was backdated to 9 August 2017, and will conclude on 9 May. The ASADA said in a statement: "Ms. Fien’s sanction was reduced to nine months on the basis of her degree of fault and the fact that the supplement, ‘Liporush’, was a contaminated product."[8]
