the italian athlete Ahmed Abdel Wahedsilver in the 3,000 m obstacles recently Munich Europeanswas temporarily suspended after testing positive in the competition in the Bavarian capital, and in the case of confirmation, the Spanish Dani Maplewho is fourth, will get the bronze medal.
The gold medal went to Finn Topi Raitanen with a time of 8:21.80. Abdelwahed finished second with 8:22.35, followed by another Italian, Osama Zoghlami (8:23.44), and Dani Arce from Burgos (8:25.00), while Sebastian Martos from Jaén finished sixth with time 8:26.68.
While awaiting a counter-analysis, Abdelwahed tested positive for meldonium, a drug used to treat heart problems but included, as a metabolic modulator, on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of prohibited producers. Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova was suspended for 15 months for this same substance.
The athlete expressed his innocence: “I never took that substance willingly. I’m waiting for sample data to see if it could be contamination,” commented the obstacle on social networks.
“Some things seem impossible until they happen to you,” he added. “I was suspended as a precautionary measure for having a substance I had never heard of.”
Source: La Verdad
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