Note on the News: Honolulu Marathon Champ Disqualified

Posted June 24th, 2008 at 11:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Drugs In Sports

News outlets in Honolulu are reporting that Ambese Tolossa, the Ethiopian marathoner who won last December’s Honolulu Marathon, has been disqualified for failing a drug test. The news broke after today’s release of IAAF News which listed Tolossa as having failed an in-competition doping control in Honolulu, and he had already been suspended by his federation for a two year period beginning last February.

Jimmy Muindi, who finished second, was declared the race winner. It was his sixth Honolulu Marathon title.

You can read various reports at these links:

http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=7314

http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8549843

http://www.kitv.com/news/16698675/detail.html

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