Ilias FIFA returns with a victory in Barcelona

The Spanish runner is of Moroccan origin Ilias Fifa (AA Catalunya), European champion of 5,000 meters in 2016 and sentenced to four years for doping in May 2018, He competed again this Sunday in a road test, at the Cursa de Nou Barris in Barcelona.

Fifa, with a better score at 10 kilometers of 28.45 and On Sunday he won in a time of 31:41, he returned to the slope on May 14 at the Serrahima stadium in Barcelona. on the second day of the Spanish club league, finished second in the 3,000 meters (7: 52.73).

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Born in Tangier 33 years ago, he came to Spain in 2005 irregularly and he was admitted to a center for minors where he became fond of running and began training with the support of the center coordinator. At age 22, he left the foster system.

He began preparing for the Unió Colomenca d’Atletismeprofessionally moved to the Athletic Association of Catalonia in 2008 with coaches Rafa Caro, his discoverer and Esther Rodríguez.

In 2012 he signed with FC Barcelona, ​​the club of which he is a member and of which he became a Spanish national in 2015.when he won a 5,000 -meter gold medal at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam in a time of 13: 40.85, beating his compatriot, who is a Spanish citizen, Adel Mechaal, in the sprint.

In the same year he was Spain’s absolute champion in the 5,000 meters and ninth in this distance at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

On October 25, 2017, he was arrested in the course of the so-called ‘Operation Chamberí’ against doping and on May 16, 2018 he was suspended by the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD) for four years. This caused FC Barcelona, ​​the club of which he is a member, to decide not to renew his contract for next season.

Subsequently, on February 29, 2019, the National Court reduced his sentence to two years, although AEPSAD filed an appeal against the sentence. Now 2022 he returns to competition at the club where he started as a professional, the Agrupación Atlética Catalunya.