29-02-2016 19:36 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Aregawi suspended by Sweden after failed dope test

Sweden's 1,500 metres indoor world champion Abeba Aregawi has been suspended following a positive test for a banned substance, the country's athletics federation announced on Monday. "It is with dismay and with extreme disappointment we have to make this statement," general secretary Stefan Olsson, who two days ago stood by Aregawi after a controversy over her tax affairs, said in a statement. The 25-year-old, Ethiopian-born Aregawi began competing for Sweden in 2012 after she was granted citize
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