The upper Ethiopian runner faces a last-minute legal struggle for the world’s race

Monaco (AP) – Ethiopian Middle distance racer Diriba Veltej faced a last minute legal fight due to the alleged missed doping test that could transfer it from the World Cup two days before the first race.

Athletics integrity unit, monitoring doping cases, submitted a complaint against the Ethiopian judgment on Thursday, who cleared the Veltei “refusal” of rejection or failure to submit sampling scenery “in accordance with the collection of samples” under protopin rules. “

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AIU wants Veltei, a silver medall at 1,500 meters at the last World Cup in 2023. years, to suspend until the case is resolved by the Court of Arbitration for Sports.

It is located at the input list for 1,500 heating on the day of the opening of the world in Tokyo on Saturday.

“As part of the appeal, AIU has requested temporary measures from CAS declaring athletes that failed to compete until then the results of the appeal,” AIU said.

“That application will hear the President of the CAS Department, which will determine whether Veltei can compete at the World Athletic Championship in Tokyo.”

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AIU did not provide details of any allegations against Velteji, and it was not immediately possible to obtain a copy of the earlier judgment that has cleaned it.

23-year-old Ethiopian is a medal candidate in Tokyo if competed. Veltei is the second in the world rank and this year she won a silver medal at the World Closed Championship.

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