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Swedish European Cross Country Champion Banned For Four Years

Swedish Anti-Doping Board has banned an Eritrean-born Swedish European Cross Country Champion, Robel Fsiha, for four years for testing positive for artificial testosterone at training camp in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian. Fsiha, who started running for Sweden at the end of 2018 after arriving as a refugee in 2013 from Eritrea, tested positive for the banned […]

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Swedish Athletics To Restrict Training In Kenya And Ethiopia

Swedish Athletics came out hard on Kenya and Ethiopia on Monday when it announced target restrictions on these two middle and distance running power house. In a straight move to discourage it’s athletes from training there. In the new restriction floated by Sweden Athletics authority, the Kenya and Ethiopian will now face intense scrutiny before […]

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Quality Results From Rare Swedish Athletics Meet Despite Covid-19 Pandemic

What a twin occurrence of surprises. That was what happened on Friday in Vaxjo local Athletics Field meet in Sweden. In a rare meet, considering covid-19 pandemic, Simon Pettersson summoned the day to throw his personal discus best of 66.93m. A 26 years old 9th Doha 2019 finalist has never thrown beyond 64.53m, the best […]