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Chepkemei Sanctioned for Doping Violation

Posted February 26th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by Bob Ramsak

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

IAAF World Half-Marathon medalist Susan Chepkemei has been sanctioned for a doping violationFour-time IAAF World Half-Marathon medalist Susan Chepkemei has been sanctioned for a doping violation, the IAAF reported yesterday. In an out-of-competition test in Kenya last September, Chepkemei’s sample returned a positive result for Salbutamol, a medication commonly prescribed for breathing problems, usually asthma.

Indeed, according to Valentijn Trouw of Global Sports Communications, the Dutch management firm which represents Chepkemei, the medication was given to their athlete by a doctor in a Nairobi hospital where Chepkemei had presented herself for treatment.

“Beginning of September Susan Chepkemei had a severe pneumonia,” Trouw said in a written statement. “After investigation in the hospital in Nairobi, she was told by the doctor to take a medicine (which contained the substance Salbutamol). Susan was convinced the doctor who gave her the prescription knew she was an international top athlete and she was given a medicine that didn’t contain any substance which is prohibited according to the doping list. She took the medicine that evening.”
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Doping ban toughened for European Championships

Posted March 8th, 2007 at 9:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Drugs In Sports

drug_needle.jpgEuropean athletes returning from a two-year doping ban will have to wait an additional two years before they’re allowed to compete at their continental championships, European Athletics, the sports’ governing body in Europe announced.

At its meeting after the conclusion of the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England, the European Athletics Council voted to impose a minimum two-year period of ineligibility from all European Championships beginning on the day a suspended athlete is cleared to compete by the IAAF after a doping suspension.
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