MONACO (AP) — An Ethiopian athlete who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics and narrowly missed the podium at last year's world championships has tested positive for two banned substances and has been suspended for five years. I received it.
In a ruling released Monday, the athletics department's Integrity Division said Zelfe Wondemagun was found to have tested positive for testosterone and another substance that helps carry more oxygen into athletes' blood from the samples she provided. announced that he had admitted violating anti-doping rules after traces of EPO were detected.
Wondemagun placed eighth at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and fourth at the 2023 Budapest World Championships. In her case, two of her three samples were taken while she was in Hungary for the competition, and she was disqualified from the competition.
According to the AIU's ruling, Wondemaagan was given EPO to treat severe anemia and a kidney infection, but a doctor sent an e-mail saying he was “still satisfied” that he had violated anti-doping rules. He said he received the testimony. The organization added that it received signed admission forms from the players last week.
Wandemagun's case is the latest in a series of doping cases in distance running.
Nora Gjeldt, the 2022 world champion in women's steeplechase, will face a doping hearing in June, five weeks before the Paris Olympics. World Athletics is appealing an earlier decision to exclude a Kenyan-born runner from competing on behalf of Kazakhstan. She argued that ulcers and the coronavirus outbreak could explain the irregular blood test results.
Also on Monday, the AIU reported that Kenyan road runner Celestine Cheptirchir had been suspended for three years after testing positive for testosterone.
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