Doping ban for top marathon runner Ruti Aga who submitted fake prescription
The Athletics Integrity Unit said the six-year ban includes four years for tampering after investigators found a fake prescription and a positive drug test.
- The Athletics Integrity Unit banned Ruti Aga for six years after finding she submitted a fraudulent prescription to explain a positive drug test.
- Aga tested positive for the banned substance methylprednisolone while winning a half marathon in China in March, triggering the investigation.
- Investigators uncovered that the clinic named on the document did not exist, and a family member who was not a registered doctor signed the fake prescription.
- Sanctions include two years for substance use and four additional years for "Tampering" after she failed to respond to charges.
- Aga received the penalty without a hearing, ending a career spanning victories at the Tokyo Marathon, Berlin, and New York Marathons.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)Tokyo Marathon winner handed six-year doping ban for submitting fake prescription
The Ethiopian was given a two-year ban for using a prohibited substance and an extra four years for tampering with the anti-doping investigation
Sports Writing, Oct 22 (EFE).- Ethiopian Ruti Aga, winner of the Tokyo Marathon in 2019, has been suspended this Thursday for six years by the Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU) by giving positive for methylprednisolone, a prohibited substance, and manipulating the process of anti-doping control. Aga, 32 years old and with multiple podiums [...] La entrada The entry The Ethiopian Ruti Aga, winner of the Tokyo Marathon in 2019, suspended six years was…
One of the best marathonists in the world, Ruti Aga, was suspended six years after athletics anti-doping investigators discovered that he presented a fake recipe to justify a positive outcome to an anti-doping test, reports AP.
The Toronto Star
Doping ban for top marathon runner Ruti Aga who submitted fake prescription
MONACO (AP) — One of the world's leading marathon runners, Ruti Aga, has been banned for six years after track and field's anti-doping investigators found she submitted a fake prescription
32-year-old marathon runner Ruthie Aga has been banned for six years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for violating anti-doping rules. Ethiopian marathon runner Ruthie Aga, winner of the 2019 Tokyo Marathon, has been banned for six years for the presence or use of the banned substance methylprednisolone, as well as […] The article Marathon shock: Ruthie Aga banned for six years for doping appeared first on Eleftheros Tipos.
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