Six-year ban for prime marathon runner who submitted pretend prescription

One of the globe’s main marathon runners, Ruti Aga, has been banned for six years after anti-doping investigators discovered she submitted a pretend prescription to elucidate a failed drug check.

The Ethiopian athlete gained the Tokyo marathon in 2019 and has reached the rostrum on the Berlin and New York marathons. She examined constructive for the banned substance methylprednisolone after successful a half-marathon in China in March, the Athletics Integrity Unit stated on Thursday.

Aga stated she had been given the substance by a physician in Ethiopia to deal with knee ache, however the AIU stated it discovered the clinic named on the doc didn’t exist and the supposed prescription had been signed by a member of the family who was not a registered physician.

After that, Aga failed to answer prices for using methylprednisolone and “tampering” with the anti-doping course of, the AIU added, that means the six-year ban was issued with no listening to. The 32-year-old runner’s ban contains two years for using the substance and 4 extra for tampering.