WHY

 Can anyone explain .....why Ethiopians are such good runners ......it used  to be   a  standing  joke in the  70's.....because of famine ......but i am  not  going to  say it  .........but the  seveties   was a different  time ......no !!!!!.......but seriously is it a  genetic  thing  ......not  many  Americans    are  great legend runners .......south africa  had  a  bladed  fella ....... who killed his bint .........i fucking hate  running ...it is  boring as fuck ....it  is  mono  only   you  run and  that is  it ......i just find it totally fucking mindless ........a women running in yoga  pants  with titty bounce is  okay  ...that is  because i am a  toxic male pig .......so there you have it .....that is  the only good  thing about running   .....women running that is  .......

Ethiopian distance runner and Olympic finalist Zerfe Wondemagegn banned 5 years for doping

Associated Press

Mon, April 22, 2024 at 6:04 AM EDT·1 min read

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FILE - Workua Getachew of Ethiopia, left, winner of the women's 3000m steeplechase final hugs the second-placed Zerfe Wondemagegn, also of Ethiopia, during the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Louis II stadium in Monaco, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Wondemagegn, who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics, and narrowly missed the world championship podium last year, has been banned for five years for doping after testing positive for two banned substances. Wondemagegn admitted breaking anti-doping rules after samples she gave flagged up traces of testosterone and another substance, EPO, which can help athletes' blood transport more oxygen, an Athletics Integrity Unit ruling published Monday, April 22, 2024, said. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, file)

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MONACO (AP) — A runner from Ethiopia who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics, and narrowly missed the world championship podium last year, has been banned for five years after testing positive for two banned substances.

Zerfe Wondemagegn admitted breaking anti-doping rules after samples she gave flagged up traces of testosterone and another substance, EPO, which can help athletes' blood transport more oxygen, the Athletics Integrity Unit said in a ruling published on Monday.

Wondemagegn was eighth at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and fourth at the 2023 world championships in Budapest. Two of the three samples in her case were taken while she was in Hungary for the event and she has been disqualified from the competition.

The AIU ruling said it received e-mailed testimony from a doctor saying Wondemagegn had been given EPO as medicine to treat severe anemia and a kidney infection but that it “remained satisfied” she had broken anti-doping rules. The organization added that it had received a signed admission from the athlete last week.

Wondemagegn's is the latest in a series of doping cases in distance running.

The 2022 world champion in women's steeplechase, Norah Jeruto, is facing a doping hearing in June, five weeks before the Paris Olympics. World Athletics is appealing against an earlier decision to clear the runner, who was born in Kenya and competes for Kazakhstan. She has argued ulcers and a bout of COVID-19 can explain irregular blood test results.

Also Monday, the AIU reported a three-year ban for Kenyan road runner Celestine Chepchirchir, who tested positive for testosterone.

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