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Slovenian Federation Upholds Ceplak Doping Ban

Posted March 27th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports

The Slovenian Athletics Federation (AZS) has upheld a two-year doping ban for Olympic 800m bronze medalist Jolanda Ceplak.

“It was a difficult decision to reach, but we have concluded that Jolanda Ceplak is guilty,” said Slavko Cerne, the president of the federation’s Disciplinary Commission after a seven-hour session that didn’t conclude until after midnight Thursday.

The 31-year-old Ceplak, the world indoor record holder in the 800m, tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO at an out-of-competition test in Monte Carlo on June 18, 2007. The “B” sample test confirmed the A sample finding, resulting in a provisional suspension by the sport’s international governing body, the IAAF, on July 26, 2007.

Citing illness, Ceplak was not present at the hearing, which was held behind closed doors due to “the personal and sensitive nature of some of topics” being discussed. Cerne stressed that the hearing could have been rescheduled in order for Ceplak to attend, but her attorney declined making that request.
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IAAF reiterates support for four-year doping ban;
Coe, Bubka elected VPs

Posted August 23rd, 2007 at 7:15 AM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), track & field’s international governing body, reiterated its support for a four-year penalty for first time serious doping infractions.

At the second day of the 46th IAAF Congress, the sport’s ruling body endorsed a resolution first passed at its last Congress two years ago in Helsinki when member federations unanimously called for a move to increast penalties for doping offenses, in the case of serious infractions, from the current two year ban to four years.

“We remain convinced that strong penalties are an important cornerstone of an effective anti-doping campaign in general, and in athletics in particular,” the IAAF said in a statement released on Thursday.

The World Anti-Doping Code is currently under review, with revisions expected to be adopted at the World Conference on Anti-Doping in Madrid in November.
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