Olympic and worlds medalist runner Tsegay banned 4 months in season-ending doping case
The Athletics Integrity Unit said she missed the chance for a therapeutic use exemption and will miss Diamond League meets and Budapest championships.
- On Friday, the Athletics Integrity Unit suspended two-time world champion runner Gudaf Tsegay for four months after a positive Letrozole test, effectively ending her season.
- Tsegay failed to request a therapeutic use exemption in advance for a diagnosed health condition, though the Athletics Integrity Unit acknowledged she later produced 'supporting medical documents and evidence.'
- A medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Tsegay became world champion in the 5,000 meters in 2022 and the 10,000 in 2023.
- Tsegay is suspended through September, missing all meetings on the global Diamond League circuit and the first Ultimate Championships in Budapest scheduled for Sept. 11-13.
- Letrozole, a medication used to treat breast cancer and control steroid effects, was the same substance that led to a doping ban for Italian tennis player Sara Errani in 2017.
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The former World Athletics Champion Gudaf Tsegay has been closed for four months and is not allowed to compete until September 30! This was reported by the independent integrity agency of the World Athletics Association ... At the 29-year-old, the substance letrozole was found during a training check last December.With the drug, the oestrogen level can be lowered, mainly it is used for cancer treatment.Exceptional permission refused the World An…
We learn this Friday, June 12th that the multiple world champion Gudaf Tsegay is suspended for four months by the Athletics Integrity Unit for a positive control of a prohibited substance that she had...
Gudaf Tsegay has found his positive cheap, especially if we take into account that this season there are no great outdoor competitions beyond Budapest’s novel Ultimate Championship. Ethiopian, one of the great stars in the world background, has been sanctioned with four months of suspension for doping after admitting the presence of a banned substance in an out-of-competition control.
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