Ghanaian athlete banned for four years for doping
Xinhua, December 15, 2016 Adjust font size:
Ghanaian sprinter Tim Abeyie has been banned for four years following a doping violation, the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) said in a statement on Thursday.
According to the GAA, the offense which took place at a competition in Germany, where he is based, is consistent with rules governing violations of the world anti-doping agency (WADA), the international association of athletics federations (IAAF) and the local athletics association.
Abeyie switched allegiance to Ghana in 2011 from Britain.
His last competition for Ghana was in August 2014.
Abeyie' s ban for doping is the 3rd in Ghana' s athletics history, following offenses by Marc Anthony Awere in 2003 (competition in Germany) and Aziz Zakari in 2006 (competition in Senegal).
The GAA said it takes a zero-tolerance approach to doping and has advocated the possibility of lifetime bans for offending athletes, while supporting aggressive anti-doping education efforts. Endit