By Daily Sports on September 24, 2017
Former Olympic 1500m champion Asli Cakir Alptekin has been banned for life after a third doping offence.
In 2015, the 32-year-old was stripped of her 2012 Olympic and European titles and suspended for eight years by the Turkish Athletics Federation.
She returned this year after the ban was halved and its start date backdated to 2013, but has since reoffended.
"We are never, ever going to allow doping," said Turkish Athletics Federation chief Fatih Cintimar.
Six of the first nine finishers in the women's 1500m final at the 2012 Olympics have been given drugs bans, leading some to refer to it as the "dirtiest race in history".
Straight after the race, Britain's Lisa Dobriskey, who finished 10th, told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't believe I'm competing on a level playing field."
Cakir Alptekin previously served a two-year ban following a positive test at the 2004 World Junior Championships.
She finished 11th in the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country event in Portugal in February, helping Uskudar Belediyespor win the title.
•Photo shows the Asli Cakir Alptekin.
Source Daily Sports
Posted September 24, 2017
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