The Ethiopian long-distance runner was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit in November
Tsehay Gemechu, who competed over 10,000m on the Tokyo Olympics and ran a greatest of two:16:56 within the marathon, has been banned for 4 years as a consequence of doping.
The Ethiopian was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit in November due to “abnormalities” in her organic passport.
After nearly a yr lengthy investigation, the AIU concluded that there was “overwhelming proof of some sort of blood manipulation”.
Not solely has Gemechu been given a four-year ban however her outcomes from March 22, 2020 to November 30, 2023 will even be disqualified.
That features her second place end on the 2023 Tokyo Marathon, the place Gemechu grew to become simply the eighth lady in historical past to go sub-2:17 over 26.2 miles.
Tsehay Gemechu [C] Getty
The identical would’ve gone for Gemechu’s ends in the ten,000m on the Tokyo Olympics and marathon on the 2023 World Championships however she DNF’d in each races.
The 25-year-old boasts private bests of 14:29.60 for 5000m, 30:19.29 for 10,000m and 65:01 for the half-marathon.
Gemechu additionally completed fourth within the 5000m on the 2019 World Championships and was a part of the Ethiopian group that gained the senior title at that yr’s World Cross Nation Championships in Denmark.
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