Chicherova was stripped of her Olympic bronze from Beijing 2008 and her silver medal from the 2009 World Championships  for doping.

The 40-year-old tested positive for turinabol after the International Olympic Committee conducted retests on her Beijing 2008 sample.

She had appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and failed.  

"That's it, I no longer have any competitive plans," Chicherova was quoted as saying by Russian state news agency TASS.

"Now only as a spectator.

"An official application was submitted to the federation and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency at the end of December."

She had initially planned to call time on her career in 2020 before doing a U-turn.

The 2011 world champion went on to compete in a national event in Yekaterinburg later and her last competition was at the end of February 2022, where she won the Russian winter championship with a jump of 1.94 meters.

Chicherova missed the 2022 season due to a knee injury.

"I have not yet decided what exactly I will do in the future, but the fact that I will continue to live in athletics and try to develop high jumps is for sure."

She also won two silver medals at the World Championships in 2007 and 2013 in Osaka and Moscow, respectively.

Her last world medal came at the Beijing 2015 event.