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Foreign blood was detected in the doping test of the runner El Hassan El Abbassi from Bahrain.
Marathon runner El Hassan El Abbassi from Bahrain has been suspended, according to information from the independent integrity commission of the World Athletics Federation (AIU).
In his doping test given after the Olympic marathon in Sapporo, a blood transfusion with foreign blood was detected. The 37-year-old was 25th. During the summer games, middle-distance runner Alsadik Mikhou from Bahrain was suspended for the same offense.
