The athlete Ouassim OumaizSpanish 5,000 meters champion, gave positive for GHRP-2 (growth hormone releasing peptide 2) after an anti-doping control carried out by the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (CELAD), according to information provided by Marca and confirmed by EFE.
If the positive result is confirmed for this substance, a peptide hormone that stimulates the secretion of growth hormone, increasing strength and muscle mass, the athlete from Nerja, born in Morocco, He could face punishment that could keep him off the slopes for between two and four years.
The control was carried out in January at the residence of Blume in Madrid, where the training was carried out under the orders of Antonio Serranoalthough he spends hours of the year practicing alone outside of the group.
The young athlete, who will turn 25 on March 30, stood out in the lower categories, where he broke the sub-23 records of 5,000 meters outdoors and 3,000 meters indoors, and also holds the national sub- 23 records in 10 kilometers on the route with a time of 28:35 that he completed in 2020.
In 2023, Oumaiz competed in his first outdoor World Cup in Budapest, where he finished sixteenth in the 5,000-meter event.
Source: La Verdad
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