Alberto Lozano, a Spanish runner who formed part of Belgrave Harriers’ winning quartet at last year’s National Cross Country Relays in Mansfield, has been named by local media as one of three elites to have tested positive at the Spanish Championships in July. A report from marca.com on Thursday said the Spanish Agency for Health Protection and Fight against Doping (AEPSAD) had announced the temporary suspension of Lozano, as well as European indoor
3000m record-holder Sergio Sanchez. Another media outlet named Angel Mullera, 11th in the 3000m steeplechase at the World Championships in Moscow, as having tested positive for steroids. This news follows another story that broke in June, in which Spanish media named Lozano’s twin brother Álvaro, who also represented Belgrave Harriers in the national relays, among elite athletes detained for trafficking doping substances.
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MONTREAL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency says it wants to develop laboratory testing in “countries or areas of the world with limited or no blood analytical capability.” Testing programs in athletics powerhouses including Jamaica and Kenya have been criticized for taking too few samples. WADA says its board agreed a laboratories strategy on the sidelines of IOC meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The agency will next month publish an updated list of prohibited substances, including hydrocodone and tramadol, and said it will continue monitoring how athletes consume caffeine and nicotine “to detect patterns of misuse in sport.” The board approved funding for 29 research projects, including “longitudinal monitoring for testosterone abuse” and “EPO gene doping detection.” source
