Post by mesi10 on Jan 10, 2024 22:01:48 GMT -6
The Ethiopian Gizaw Bekele, winner of the Liberty race in Madrid two weeks ago and in April of the capital's half marathon, along with four other prominent athletes and an alleged athletics coach from Holland and Tunisia, Rachid Najid, have been arrested for trafficking of doping substances.
In an operation baptized as Relay and continuation of the Chamberí operation that led to the arrest of the European champion Ilias Fifa, the agents of the central specialized crime Brigade and the Section in charge of fighting against doping have dismantled this organization made up of citizens Moroccans settled in Calatayud (Zaragoza) and Ethiopians located in Madrid.
Along with Bekele and Najid, as detailed by police sources, four other athletes were arrested last week: the Moroccan nationalized Spanish Said Aitadi, who was champion Binance App Users Data of Spain; Malika Asahssah, Najid's wife who is currently serving a four-year ban for doping; Fatima Ayachi, considered a promising athlete, and Abebe Mulugeta, who served as courier for doping substances from Italy.
All of them, according to the sources consulted, had made sport "their livelihood", a "business" that consisted mainly of winning popular races with financial prizes and that could bring them about 7,000 euros per month.
Thus, Gizaw Bekele has won the title of winner of the Elche, Madrid and Almería half marathons so far this year and on June 3 he won the eleventh edition of the ten-kilometre Liberty Race, which He traveled in 29 minutes and 6 seconds.
Meanwhile, Said Aitadi, based in Calatayud, has managed to win the Zaragoza Half Marathon on the last four occasions.
The six detainees are free after testifying before the head of the Calatayud investigative court number two that is investigating the case.
Among drugs to improve sports performance, agents have seized growth hormones, testosterone, insulin, injectable vitamins or material for blood autotransfusions.
The chief commissioner of the Central Specialized Crime Brigade, Pilar Álvarez, and the head of the Police Anti-Doping Section, Javier Molinera, have explained that the "leader" of the plot was the alleged athlete selector and advisor Najid who , through the sporting events company that he ran in Calatayud, made hand exchanges of what appeared to be legal products.
In an operation baptized as Relay and continuation of the Chamberí operation that led to the arrest of the European champion Ilias Fifa, the agents of the central specialized crime Brigade and the Section in charge of fighting against doping have dismantled this organization made up of citizens Moroccans settled in Calatayud (Zaragoza) and Ethiopians located in Madrid.
Along with Bekele and Najid, as detailed by police sources, four other athletes were arrested last week: the Moroccan nationalized Spanish Said Aitadi, who was champion Binance App Users Data of Spain; Malika Asahssah, Najid's wife who is currently serving a four-year ban for doping; Fatima Ayachi, considered a promising athlete, and Abebe Mulugeta, who served as courier for doping substances from Italy.
All of them, according to the sources consulted, had made sport "their livelihood", a "business" that consisted mainly of winning popular races with financial prizes and that could bring them about 7,000 euros per month.
Thus, Gizaw Bekele has won the title of winner of the Elche, Madrid and Almería half marathons so far this year and on June 3 he won the eleventh edition of the ten-kilometre Liberty Race, which He traveled in 29 minutes and 6 seconds.
Meanwhile, Said Aitadi, based in Calatayud, has managed to win the Zaragoza Half Marathon on the last four occasions.
The six detainees are free after testifying before the head of the Calatayud investigative court number two that is investigating the case.
Among drugs to improve sports performance, agents have seized growth hormones, testosterone, insulin, injectable vitamins or material for blood autotransfusions.
The chief commissioner of the Central Specialized Crime Brigade, Pilar Álvarez, and the head of the Police Anti-Doping Section, Javier Molinera, have explained that the "leader" of the plot was the alleged athlete selector and advisor Najid who , through the sporting events company that he ran in Calatayud, made hand exchanges of what appeared to be legal products.