Former 1,500 world champ Abeba Aregawi fails doping test

Former 1,500 world champ Abeba Aregawi fails doping test, The above apple 1500m best Abeba Aregawi has activated absolute for a banned substance. The account was accepted by the sport’s administering body, the IAAF, and the Swedish Athletics Federation, who said the 25-year-old had aloof from antagonism afterward an out-of-competition urine test, believed to be in Addis Adaba in January.

An IAAF agent said: “Following notification of the class finding, the amateur has voluntarily aloof from antagonism until the investigations into the class award are completed. In the meantime, the amateur has requested the assay of the B sample which will be conducted shortly.

“The IAAF and the Swedish Athletic Federation will not accomplish any added animadversion until achievement of the aftereffect administration procedure.”

Rumours had been bouncing about the action for several weeks that the Ethiopian-born Aregawi, who has competed for Sweden aback 2012, had activated positive. However, it is abnormal for a bootless athlete’s assay to be appear afore the B sample has been conducted.

Aregawi, who is aswell the ascendant apple calm 1500m best and European championship argent medallist, was due to face the apple almanac holder Genzebe Dibaba in a abundant advancing chase over a mile in Stockholm on 17 February, but pulled out citation a aback injury. There were whispers again that the acumen was added serious.

There are aswell able break that Aregawi is one of a amount of Ethiopian-born athletes who will be appear to accept bootless drugs tests in the advancing weeks.

The Swedish bi-weekly Aftonbladet, which bankrupt the Aregawi story, quoted the Swedish Athletics accepted secretary, Stefan Ollson, who said: “We are absolutely adjoin to all forms of cheating, doping and adulterous funds. We accept a aught tolerance, and this is absolutely unacceptable.”

Aregawi won gold at the 2013 Apple Championships in Moscow, if she ran 4:02.67 to win the 1500m final – a chase in which Britain’s Hannah England accomplished fourth. She was sixth at the apple championships in Beijing endure August.

The account comes just canicule afterwards the Swedish bi-weekly Sports Expressen appear that Aregawi had been bent in a storm over contributed taxes afterwards cogent Swedish authorities she had never lived in the country and so was not accountable for tax.

Citing documentary affirmation from the tax authorities, the cardboard said that Aregawi had accepted that she had never been citizen in Sweden, and that she submitted apocryphal advice to the Immigration Service if she activated for Swedish citizenship. Aregawi was ordered to pay 11,112 Swedish crowns (£932) in aback taxes,

Two years ago Aregawi aswell had to avert herself adjoin allegations that she had advisedly entered a ‘sham’ alliance with Swedish bedmate Henok Weldegebriel, who she afar anon afterwards, in adjustment to get citizenship.
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