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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The arrest of Jama Aden - what's behind the latest doping earthquake?



    

Somali Coach Jama Aden
by Gianni Merlo, AIPS President, La Gazzetta dello Sport
LAUSANNE, June 21, 2016 - A new doping scandal - as if there were not enough - has arrived with the arrest of Jama Aden in Spain. The Somali manager is the coach of an international group of runners, that include Ethiopian middle distance star Genzebe Dibaba, and other top athletes from a number of countries.

"The raid of the Spanish police came after four weeks of round-the-clock surveillance following a three-year investigation Sportsmail has been working on with the IAAF world governing body since last year,” the Daily Mail reported.

Our colleagues from the Sports section of the Daily Mail have done a very good job in fighting for the integrity of sport and the profession.
To get to know the details of the Jama Aden situation, we propose two links: one from the direct source- Mailonline and the other from well known athletics and running website Letsrun.com to have the full picture.
The entire situation is very interesting. While the main topic in recent days has been “state-sponsored doping”, we now seem to have a glimpse of another face of the dirty coin, the multinational organization.
How many people are involved? Did nobody know?


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