Swedish rider Bakhta performs in tournaments despite anti-doping rule violation – Athletics News – Summer

The Champion of Europe – 2014 in the race of 5000 missed my three doping tests for 12 months and, according to the rules of the International Association of Federations. Athletics (IAAF), must be removed from competition for 24 months. In the absence of solid arguments in their defense. A participant in the 1500m final at the 2016 Olympic Games, despite suspicions of anti-doping rule violations, continues to speak and announce for the European Championships taking place in Berlin from August 7th to 12th.

suspicion of a 29-year-old athlete. "We do not intend to hide this information, but we are optimistic and believe that we will be able to challenge one of the pbades," she said. – Our athletes have many pbades, but it happens because of the fact that the reporting system is very complicated. And many athletes avoid punishment after investigation with valid reasons for the pbad.

Tommy Forsgren, Deputy Chief of the Swedish Anti-Doping Agency, noted that in the absence of automatic disqualification, the decision to dismiss her is authorized by the national federation. "According to the rules, for some violations, the author is automatically removed from the competition for the duration of the investigation, and for some, no," he recalled. – An athlete who missed three doping tests, will not be automatically withdrawn. In this case, the Swedish badociation must decide on this issue. "

The Secretary General of the National Association Stefan Olsson noted that" there are no official charges. "" We sent a request for a review of the case and we believe that the pbad will be removed from the base, "Olsson said. We will not take any sanction against the athlete. "