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CAS Hands Diribe Welteji Two-Year Ban, Annuls Results Back to February 2025

The tribunal found her refusal to provide a doping sample was negligent rather than intentional.

Overview

  • The suspension is retroactive from July 8, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
  • CAS determined she refused to submit to an unannounced test on May 21, 2025 without a plausible justification.
  • The ruling partially upheld an AIU/World Athletics appeal, overturning Ethiopia’s earlier clearance and declining the four-year sanction sought.
  • All results since February 25, 2025 were voided, including her 2025 World Indoor silver in Nanjing and her 3:51.44 1500m recorded in Eugene on July 5, 2025.
  • CAS had already set aside the national decision and provisionally suspended her before the September 2025 world championships during the proceedings.